Louis Rober Organizer, Minneapolis Red Anderson Pitcher, Minneapolis Loren “Bud” Bauer Pitcher, Grand Rapids Jan Berkland Pitcher, Minneapolis Zig Bishop Manager, Minneapolis Ed Burzlaff Manager, Pipestone Tom Connolly Third Base,...
Softball Hall of Fame
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There’s a legend in Minnesota, in the town they call Saint Paul, Of a man named Johnny Vollmer, who could really hurl the ball. He had a windmill style, a gift that was his power, To throw the softball by you at a hundred miles an hour. ...
By Kent Stever, Ph. D February 2016 Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game. It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground,...
