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  2. Edith Houghton - Wikipedia

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    Edith Grace Houghton (February 10, 1912 – February 2, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout.A former shortstop in women's baseball whose professional career began when she was ten years old, [1] Houghton became the first female scout in Major League Baseball when she joined the talent-spotting staff of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in 1946.

  3. WBSC World Rankings - Wikipedia

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    624. *Change from 31 July 2023. The WBSC World Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in baseball, softball, and baseball5. The teams of the member nations of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball's world governing body, are ranked based on their tournament results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.

  4. Softball - Wikipedia

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    e. Softballis 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.

  5. Grady Fuson - Wikipedia

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    Fuson played professional baseball for the Salem Senators, an independent team.He led the Senators with a .320 batting average in 1978, but batted .198 in 1979. [3] He was assistant baseball coach for Puget Sound in 1980 and became head coach in 1981, the youngest coach in NCAA's Division I. [2] Before the 1982 season, the Oakland Athletics hired Fuson as an area scout for the Pacific ...

  6. Comparison of baseball and softball - Wikipedia

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    A regulation softball is significantly larger than a regulation baseball. A softball measures between 11.88 and 12.13 inches in circumference and weighs between 6.25 and 7.00 ounces; a baseball measures between 9.00 and 9.25 inches in circumference and weighs between 5.00 and 5.25 ounces.

  7. Clyde Sukeforth - Wikipedia

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    Clyde Leroy Sukeforth (November 30, 1901 – September 3, 2000), nicknamed "Sukey", was an American baseball catcher, coach, scout and manager.He was best known for scouting and signing Jackie Robinson, the first black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball (MLB), to the Brooklyn Dodgers, after Robinson was scouted by Tom Greenwade in the Negro leagues.

  8. John R. Keennan - Wikipedia

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    John R. Keennan. John Robert Keennan (May 10, 1940 – March 5, 2015) was an American baseball scout who worked from 1962 through 1998 for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. [1] Born in Great Bend, Kansas, Keenan was a longtime Dodgers scout. He was originally hired as a part-time scout in 1962 by scouting director Al Campanis, became a full ...

  9. Tyngsborough High School - Wikipedia

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    In 2007 and 2008, the Baseball team became Division 3 North Champions. In 2008, the soccer team made it to the division 3 north finals. Bob Engel III was a standout member of the golf team. In 2010, the Wrestling team became the Division 3 State Champions In 2011, the Wrestling team repeated as Division 3 state Champions