“This is quite simple. It's the same great game as baseball in less than half the time”(Texas Tech University). As you might know softball and baseball are similar sports most people think the difference it one is played by a male with the other a female but this is in fact not the case. Softball is played at a faster pace than baseball due to many different factors of both sports.
One of the most looked over facts is that softball hitters have to react to a pitch way quicker than a baseball hitter. According to livestrong.com softball players pitch from 43 feet away while baseball pitchers pitch form 60 feet. This gives a softball batter 17 less feet to react to a pitch thrown at them. The batter will have to recognize In this short amount of time if the pitch is a strike or ball and whether they should swing or not, while baseball batters have 17 more feet to make this decision. “ Thrown from a mound 43 feet away and traveling at speeds above 65 mph, pitches take about the same time to reach home plate as a 95-mph fastball does from the standard baseball mound”(www.si.com). Some might argue that the pitching in softball is slower and that makes up for shorter distance but that is not the case. The closer distance makes it the same if not faster than a baseball pitch.…show more content… “A softball infield is exactly 80 feet from home plate to second base while baseball is 127 feet “(www.assets.ngin.com). This gives the softball players much less time to get to the ball and make an accurate play on a ball. “Softball fence ranges from 325feet … baseball fence ranges from 300 to 495 feet” (www.sportsknowhow.com). This gives the outfielders less time to retrieve the ball and get it into the infeilders. So all players on a softball field must be quicker than baseball
