Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat (usually wooden or metal). Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of three markers on the ground called bases, and then touching the final marker, called home plate. Softball is a direct descendant of baseball, which is sometimes referred to as hardball to distinguish the two, but differs from it in several ways (see Comparison of baseball and softball). This article assumes no knowledge of baseball.

The sport's governing body, the International Softball Federation holds world championships, held every four years, in several categories.

Types of softball

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There are three general forms of softball: slow pitch, fast pitch, and modified pitch.

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my daughter made the under 19 womens State Softball team for NSW yehhhh
kissemup (janine drummond) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:28:32 -0000
my daughter made the under 19 womens State Softball team for NSW yehhhh
Our prayers go out to the team and families of the 3 Dickinson State Univ. Softball players who died in the horrible accident Sunday.
BUMoore (Glenn Moore) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:28:11 -0000
Our prayers go out to the team and families of the 3 Dickinson State Univ. Softball players who died in the horrible accident Sunday.
@hectornavarro de pana?yo estoy parado justo frente al estadio de Softball, donde deberia ir el camion de frutas! #cdlm de verdad
esmittramirez (esmitt ramirez) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0000
@hectornavarro de pana?yo estoy parado justo frente al estadio de Softball, donde deberia ir el camion de frutas! #cdlm de verdad
e e e e aaa RT @anidasabrina: hari ini saya bertanding softball menggunakan seragam orang.
Anggiyasti (Anindya Anggiyasti) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:07 -0000
e e e e aaa RT @anidasabrina: hari ini saya bertanding softball menggunakan seragam orang.
@ashilazaqira oh, gue mana bisa, hmm iya gw remed physics/biology. malessss. skip aja bsk, kabur ntn lo softball aja. ato gk ke ss. lg bt
nabmaharani (nabila maharani) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:25:05 -0000
@ashilazaqira oh, gue mana bisa, hmm iya gw remed physics/biology. malessss. skip aja bsk, kabur ntn lo softball aja. ato gk ke ss. lg bt
softball today :] 8 days until im 18 :] dhs vs. shhs friday then shanes house :] msu game saturday :] then mon tues wed then MY BIRTHDAY
emilyjosisco (Emily Jo Sisco) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:13 -0000
softball today :] 8 days until im 18 :] dhs vs. shhs friday then shanes house :] msu game saturday :] then mon tues wed then MY BIRTHDAY

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