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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball
softball was originally intended to be played indoors -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
Softball was created by accident when Yale and Harvard students were playing around with a boxing glove and a student hit it with a broom stick. The sport was called kitten ball or cabage ball. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The first league was established with The Boat Club in 1889 in which they actually began the official league in 1897 in Toronto. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1910 softball became a sanctioned NCAA sport -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
By 1913 softball was officially adopted by the Mineapolis park board and softball was being played in parks and playgrounds all over the world. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The name softball was given to the game in 1926. -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
A team of men who called themselves kids and kubs traveled around the country p[layimg softball. Not only that but they were all 75 years old and they played in their suits -
http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history.
A tournament In 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
in 1933 amatour softball assosiation was created due to a tournament. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htmNow Softball was ecognized as a sport. New rules were created, the ball could only bee 10-12 inches in an official game.There can only be 9 players in the field at a time. The players tyake the positions of the catcher, pitcher, first base man, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, and outfielder.In addition to three outfielders and the choice of playing on an outdoor or indoor field.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastpitch_softball
in the 1940's fastpitch beame widespread with women -
http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history
In 1942 many minor league teams disbanded due to the war Young men, were being drafted into the armed services. The fear that this pattern would continue and that Major League Baseball Parks across the country were in danger of collapse. A girls' softball league was established to save the parks. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The first female group gave a major uprise in 1943 - 1954 because of everything that was going on with ww2 this was a mix of softball and baseball. The league ended in 1954 because the owners did not want to take away the attention to regular baseball. -
http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/the_isf/isf_timeline.asp
The internal softball federation has its first meeting , tacking over international softball competition and setting the goal of someday being an official sport of the olympic ganes. -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1962 the United Kingdom was introduced to softball. -
http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
The woments first world championship was in Melbourne , Austrralia. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1965 softball was declared to be an international sport -
http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/the_isf/isf_timeline.asp
The amatour softball assosiation Don Porter secures a meeting with internatioal olympic comittee president Avery Brundage at the summer olympics in Mexico City to make sports first pitch for olympic recognition -
http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
Due to the creation of little league baseball, little league softball was created later on. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1976 the international women professional sofball league was formed. Four years later the team was disabled due to poor funding -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1977 the american professional slowpitch team became the first of three men's professional softball leagues to play between 1977-1982 -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1983 the first British team was established. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1996 softball was included as an olympic sport -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
In the Atlanta Olympics the Chinese have now made softball a priority at all levels since the silver medal with 6 wins and 4 loses -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1997 another womens professional softball league was launched.The league was cut off four years later but ended coming back in 2004 for the (National pro fastpitch) -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The ASA created the world cup for softball in Oklahoma city in 2005. The cup is an annual event, giving the best teams all over the world a away to compeat against eachother, since there was talk that baseball and softball were gong to be elimnated from softball. -
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 2006 the dicition was taken. The international olympic committe took a vote to take basball and softball out of the 2012 olympics -
http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
NCAA Softball World Series. In the battle between UCLA and Arizona, both teams recorded a total of seven home runs in one game. This was unheard of when the NCAA first hosted the softball world series. -
http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
There were more home runs hit in that single game of the world series than in 10 of the first 28 world series games combined -
http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
The womens first fastpitch world championship was played in Melbourn,Australia.
