If you have ever watched a Florida Gators’ softball game, you have probably noticed the yellow flowers the players wear. This forces you to wonder why, as no other team wears flowers of any kind. When I first heard the story, I was very touched and am still to this day. Florida Gators softball team…
If you have played softball a while, you probably are familiar with the rattling sound that can come from the inside of a bat. I remember when I first noticed this, and I was quite alarmed. So naturally, the first step in resolving it was to know why was the softball bat ratting? A softball…
If you are anything like me, your head will start to spin when you are looking for softball bats. Why are they so expensive? Well, there is more than one thing that affects the price. To really understand why they can be so expensive, you need to look below the surface. In short, softball bats…
I watched softball with my friends the other night, and one of them said, why are so many softball players thick? I replied that I haven’t even noticed as most people I have seen have been very athletic as the sports require fast movements and fast reflexes. However, those words stuck with me, and after…
When the summer starts to fade, and more cold breezes are beginning to appear, it’s only natural to think when it will be too cold to play softball. I play a lot of indoor sports, such as table tennis or badminton, so when I first tried softball, and it was chilly outside, I too wondered…
When a softball player switches sides during an at-bat, it can start a debate about whether it is allowed. I have had this discussion multiple times, and I can only wonder how many other people are debating this subject. So, can a batter switch sides during an at-bat? A softball batter can switch sides during…
In softball, many things can make you wonder about whether something is allowed, and one of them is definitely whether you can use a 1B mitt as an outfielder or in any other position for that matter. I too wondered this once, and the answer may surprise you. Official rules of softball rule 3 section…
There are many important reasons why softball infields aren’t made out of the grass, and it seems that you are wondering why. This is natural, especially when softball’s relative sports baseball has grass infields. Well, you will learn exactly why that is in addition to other fascinating things considering it, so buckle up, and let’s…
Many softball players are capable and even required to play multiple positions at different times. Naturally, some positions are harder to master than others. Naturally, the best players are positioned in the hardest places and the least skilled ones in the easiest. This begs the question, where do you put the worst player in softball?…