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Baseball vs. Softball
By Tatiana Caro Baseball gets more attention than softball in the world of sports. But it shouldn't be that way. Is baseball more important than softball? "Not at all, Baseball and softball are really (similar) because both sports send a positive and healthy message (about hard work and sportsmanship)," said Dave Belisle when I asked him the question at Providence College for Rhode Island Write on Sports. Dave Belisle is the coach who gave a great speech about sportsmanship to his Cumberland Americans baseball team at the Little League World Series in 2014. Many people think it is easier to hit a softball than a baseball. So did Albert Pujols, a three-time Most Valuable Player while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. |
But Jennie Finch, a softball player who pitched the United States to a gold medal in the Olympics, struck him out on four pitches one night in an exhibition.
It is harder to hit a softball because you have less reaction time. If a baseball was thrown at 95 miles an hour, the hitter's reaction time would be .6312 feet per second. The reaction time for a softball goin 95 miles an hour is .452 feet per second feet per second. Another thing that makes a softball get to the hitter faster is the distance between home plate and the pitcher. The distance for a softball is 40 feet. In baseball it is 60 feet, 6 inches. so it is harder to hit a softball than a baseball.
It is harder to hit a softball because you have less reaction time. If a baseball was thrown at 95 miles an hour, the hitter's reaction time would be .6312 feet per second. The reaction time for a softball goin 95 miles an hour is .452 feet per second feet per second. Another thing that makes a softball get to the hitter faster is the distance between home plate and the pitcher. The distance for a softball is 40 feet. In baseball it is 60 feet, 6 inches. so it is harder to hit a softball than a baseball.
