Nashville Baseball versus Nashville Softball in 1954

Baseball, as we know it, had its foundations in the 1800s, probably around 1835, a few years before the Mills Commission declared that Abner Doubleday drew out the playing field and wrote a few rules in 1939.

How did softball start and how did it become so popular?

In Nashville, softball leagues once rivaled the number of area baseball leagues, and once there a game was played that drew attention to the difference in the two sports. I tell about that game in this episode!

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