The fabulous sport of softball was invented by a man named George Hankock on Thanksgiving day in Chicago in 1887.
Softball is both a game (a game of softball) and a sport (the popular sport of softball.
Yes softball is a sport.
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You should play softball if it is a sport that you enjoy.
They named it softball because the game of softball was derived from Baseball. The baseball had a hard core whereas the softball has a soft core, so they named it softball. Although the ball is not softball the core of the ball is soft.
No it was not the first sport invented.
Softball will not be a medal sport at the 2012 Games in London. Both softball and baseball were removed from the medal sports beginning with the 2012 Games.
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