BOYS vs GIRLS???????

[NumeroUno]

Well you are lucky they were only Dodger tickets, easy choice there, softball all the way!!!

Okay SSdad where are you from and who is your team?

[DonnieS]

>> My DD has a shirt with the saying "If softball were easy, they would call it baseball" <<

17 y/o dd wears that shirt to her boyfriends baseball games.

[dustyshoes]

I don't have the problem of a family split along gender lines between baseball and softball so I can't relate to that problem but I certainly appreciate the difference in watching high level softball vs baseball.

A Pro fastpitch team moved to our area last year and I couldn't get enough of their games while I feel like I have to drag myself to a Nats game, although playing in dilapidated RFK last year didn't help. The pace is much quicker, no holding base runners, fewer releif pitcher, etc, parking is less of a hassle and the game and it's players are much more accessible. I brought DD and her best friend to a game last year, caught 3 foul balls, gave DD two, her friend one and had the whole team sign them after the game.

I hope it can last, I never see very many people at the games I've gone to which is nice in a way but still cause for concern for the long-term viability of the league.

[SSdad]

Numero Uno, I live in Socal. The Angels are my team. It's kind of like Ford and Chevy, if you like one you hate the other. I am not bilingual but i think if you translate Los Angeles, it means the Angels. lol

Go Halos

[artomatic]

around here we say "Los Doyers!"

[K'SDAD]

around here we say "Los Doyers!"

around here we say "Los Bravos"

[str8up]

I have a 12-u dd that plays travel ball and pony baseball at the same time....1st priority is softball of course.

[Skarp]

No comparison...softball all the way. And you don't have to stop at baseball. Throw in soccer, basketball, swimming (shudder), football, etc.--they're all poor spectator sports in comparison to softball. Softball has the perfect combination of action and intellect, individual heroics (truly individual--neither the pitcher nor batter can pass the ball to a teammate) AND teamwork. And don't forget cheering, which some people on here don't like, but which I think is great.

I've got two boys, and they're usually on the short end of the stick when it comes to conflicts (or at least my wife is ). Softball's just way more fun to watch.

[bradrhod]

It is about the pace of the game.

Baseball, as in the National League, believed that they did not lose vary many fans if the game was 2.5 to 3 hours long. Yet, lengthening the game created a lot more commercial spots to sell. Personally, I believe they were very wrong. I can hardly stand to watch a baseball game anymore. I know many friends that were baseball diehards, who no longer watch the game on TV, just catch the update on SportsCenter. What happens in the majors, flows down to the lower levels. Now you have a 12 year old baseball game taking 2.5 hours to get 7 innings.

Compare that softball. Watching the WCWS and they break for a standard commercial, when they get back you have already missed the first pitch. Commentators do not have to repeat endless drivvel to fill time.

Much more enjoyable.