Definitions for "SOFTBALL"
Keywords:  chiba, nomiya, rie, moe, punk
Softball was an all-girl punk band from Chiba, Japan. The band members — Moe (vocals/guitar), Nomiya (bass), and Rie (drums) — got together while still in high school. Mike Park signed them to Asian Man Records, and they made their first American release in 1999.
SPACE: links various stories together. SPEECH: used for significant mention of; often used with TEXT; may add name in subject field. SPORT: general; contrast with RECREATION; (see also SPORTS TERMS)
a Term Four sport at Iona
Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30.5 centimeters) in circumference, is thrown (pitched) underhand by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat (usually wooden, metal or composite). Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of three raised markers on the ground called bases, and then touching the final base, called home plate. Thus in the shape of a house facing away from the pitcher.
Keywords:  hardball, acp, shooter, target, loads
A target shooter's term for light, target loads for the .45 ACP. (Cf. HARDBALL)
Keywords:  baseball, softer, diamond, ball, played
ball used in playing softball
a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer
Keywords:  summer, thousands, way, life, people
a way of life for thousands of people each summer