To some, softball may be just another sport; a girl version of baseball some may think. However, softball is just as competitive as any other sport.
There is a genuine history behind the sport of softball, one that few would expect. It all came about in November of 1887 in Chicago, Illinois at the Farragut Boat Club. A group of alumni were waiting for the outcome of the Yale versus Harvard football game, when suddenly Yale was announced the winner. As soon as they were pronounced the winner, one of the Yale alumni threw a boxing glove at a Harvard rival. This Harvard supporter swung at the boxing glove with a stick. Out of nowhere, George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, screamed out, “Play ball!” His outburst caused the first game of softball to begin. That was only just the beginning of a long journey ahead for the evolution of the game that we call softball.