Softball Exciting Facts

• Softball is the most popular participant sport in the United States,as it is estimated that 40 million Americans will play at least one game of softball during a year. It is played by men and women both recreational and competitively. the US softball team win the gold on 1996 and 2000. The Olympics are played only on even numbered years. 1999 and 2001 are odd numbers, so there weren't any Olympic games those 2 years.
• USA team beat Japan in gold medal game in 2000.
• If a hit ball lands in the outfield in fair territory, and bounces foul, the ball is determined by where it lands, as opposed to an infield hit which is determined by where it settles.
• Softball was invented in 1887 by George Hancock, a journalist for the Chicago    Board of Trade. He designed the game to be a form of indoor baseball to be played during the winter.
• Softball has been played in every summer Olympics since 1996 and will be played in the 2008 Olympics in China. Sadly, baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 summer games in London.