The difference between baseball and softball history and the difference between baseball and softball pitching is very different, but interesting. Baseballs come with a circumference of nine inches and softballs come with a circumference of eleven to twelve inches. The baseballs have stayed the same size over the years, the baseballs stayed at a circumference of nine inches were as softballs used to come with a circumference of seventeen inches. Softball is a variant of baseball, it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field. In 1888 in Chicago as an indoor game , it was at …show more content…
Both the softball and baseball field are in the shape of a diamond, hints the name “baseball diamond” or “softball diamond”. In baseball there is only one first base, where as in softball there is two first bases. The two bases in softball are for special things, for instance one of the bags are for the runner (this bag is orange), and the other is for the fielder (this bag is white like all the other bases). Baseball is a bat-and-bat sport played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond. Softball is a bat-and-bat sport played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a sixty-foot