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The Philippines Women's National Softball Team, nicknamed the "Blu Girls", is the national team of Philippines. They are governed by the Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines. They won a bronze medal in 1970 ISF Women's World Championship in Osaka, Japan and it was their first medal won in a World Championship.
On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had ...
Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021 [3] and launched its first official season in 2023.
Aug. 5—There are 11 local girls on the North Shore Breakers 16U Showcase fast pitch softball team that went to the finals of the Chaos Lakes Region Tournament last weekend. The team reached the ...
The Softball Division aimed at girls and young women encompasses players 4 to 18 years of age. The program was organized because Babe Ruth League, Inc. saw a need for a quality national softball program promoting the slightly different game of Softball, with its adjusted dimensions and measurements plus equipment. The softball program was ...
16-inch softball (sometimes called clincher, mushball, [1] cabbageball, [2] [3] puffball, blooperball, smushball, [4] and Chicago ball [5] [6]) is a variant of softball, but using a larger ball that gradually becomes softer the more the ball is hit, and played with no gloves or mitts on the fielders.
The team was founded in 1947 by William S. Simpson as the Raybestos Girl All-Stars. [5] Over the years the team name has changed to Raybestos Brakettes (1948), Hi-Ho Brakettes , Stratford Brakettes , or Connecticut Brakettes (2006). [ 1 ]
Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level.