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11. Do you really think softball is the same as MLB?

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:10 AM

Jun 2021

Even in solfball men pitch much faster than women.

Pitchers throw the ball with an underhand motion at speeds up to 77 miles per hour (124 km/h) for women and up to 105 miles per hour (169 km/h) for men.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastpitch_softball#:~:text=Pitchers%20throw%20the%20ball%20with,from%20that%20of%20slowpitch%20softball.

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