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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I’m only familiar with baseball, and ask this with no ill intent- what makes softball more fun and faster-paced? [/quote]

At the older levels, softball is more bang-bang because it is played on a smaller field (bases are 60' vs 90' apart). The pitching is actually faster than baseball when you adjust for the distance of the rubber (i.e. reaction times are faster in softball because the rubber is 43' vs 60 1/2'). There is also just more camaraderie and cheering and things in softball whereas the boys in baseball are more stoic.  Other differences include slappers in softball, more small ball (bunting) in general, and no dumb things like holding a runner at first since you can't leave the base until the pitcher releases the ball (i.e. no leading off in softball).

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This all true.

Raising both a baseball player and a softball player, I routinely tell DS to "just keep the ball in front of you in the infield; you have time to make the throw"

In softball, if you don't field it clean, you probably don't have time to get the runner[/quote]

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