The World Games Explained: Softball

| August 18, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

We are less than two years away from the World Games 2021 taking place in and around Birmingham. Alabama NewsCenter is explaining what you can expect to see. Today, we look at Softball.

Softball originated in Chicago and was invented by George Hancock in 1887. Hancock got the idea at a football game when a fan threw a rolled-up boxing glove at a rival teammate, who, in return, hit it back with a stick.

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