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the Fish Apr 10, 2011

Is softball a real sport? Yes, no or only if ur a female?
Primo Loco Apr 10, 2011

I'm no female.
but I say it is.
slugboy Apr 10, 2011

It's just a variant on baseball isnt it?
Which by the way in the uk is called rounders and is a girls game.
Mind u, hockey is considered mainly a girls gAme here too and it's properly violent..
BakedBananas Apr 10, 2011

So is basketball, or netball
Brown🎵Note Apr 10, 2011

Wikipedia:
The earliest known softball game was played in Chicago, Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club to hear the outcome of the Yale and Harvard football game. When the score was announced and bets were settled, a Yale alumnus threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. The other person grabbed a stick and swung at it. George Hancock called out "Play ball!" and the game began, with the boxing glove tightened into a ball, a broom handle serving as a bat. This first contest ended with a score of 41-40. The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded.

It's a joke taken to the extreme.
the Fish Apr 10, 2011

I like how a guy mentioned that his daughter plays the sport and won 39-0. In that instance was it a real sport?