base ball and softball senwix

Baseball pre-dates softball by more than a century, although it wasn’t until 1845 when Alexander Joy Cartwright would codify the rules to America’s favorite pastime. Softball is believed to have originated as an indoor version of the game, first played in Chicago in 1887.

The largely indifferent attitude of the International Olympics Committee to baseball and softball is the reason why the World Baseball Classic was invented. Covid may have interrupted the trajectory of the tournament, but the WBC, now in its fifth edition, is gaining traction.