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Softball originated in the United States in 1887 as an indoor winter version of baseball, invented by George Hancock and colleagues at the Farragut Boat Club in Chicago, Illinoi...
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Softball began in Chicago in 1887 as an indoor version of baseball, invented by George Hancock and a group of Yale alumni who improvised the first game using a boxing glove and...
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In 1887, a group of Chicago journalists and businessmen gathered at the Farragut Boat Club to mark the closing of the Harvard–Yale football season. A boxing trophy sparked imp...
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