Since the beginning of time softball and baseball players have been adversaries with one another. Arguing that one is more difficult, yet is supposedly the same sport. Clearly some differences between the two are fan attraction, pitching, and reaction time. Although people have their own opinions on the two sports, there are obvious differences between them that keep them separate.
The first huge difference would be in softball, not only do they pitch on level ground, but they also pitch underhanded. Baseball pitches on elevated ground, which makes it easier to throw over handed. Also in softball the distance from the pitcher mound to home plate is forty-three feet versus the longer distance of sixty feet six inches