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Sailmaker's stitch – may refer to any of the hand stitches used for stitching canvas sails, including the flat stitch, round stitch, baseball stitch, herringbone stitch. [ 2 ] Slip stitch – form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing
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. [4] [5] [6]
Fastpitch softball, ... For players 10 and under, the ball is 11 inches (280 mm) in circumference with yellow cover, red stitch, and a COR of .47. Ages 8 and under ...
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.
In 1981 the APSPL merged with NASL to create the United Professional Softball League (UPSL), but only the Milwaukee franchise came from the NASL to the new league as the other NASL teams folded. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The merged league competed for two seasons, before disbanding after the 1982 season, ending the pro era of men's softball.
Shawn Andaya broke the original strikeout record by Amy Unterbrink during her 1987 campaign. Michele Granger struck out her 1,235th batter on February 22, 1993, shutting out the Northwestern Wildcats 8–0. [104]
In softball, a pitch is the act of throwing a ball underhand by using a windmill motion. The pitcher will throw the ball towards home plate to a catcher to start the play. The pitcher will attempt to strike out the batter or prevent the batters from getting on the bases.
There is some debate regarding the degree to which a rise ball actually “rises”. [4] It is a popular belief among players, coaches and observers that the rise ball exhibits an increasing upward trajectory during its flight – if viewed in 2 dimensions, from the side, the flight path of the ball is a convex curve with respect to the origin.