Playball.....Softball

These girls mean business, but I bet they don't know the origin of the game.

Softball dates back to Thanksgiving Day 1887.  Fans at the Chicago, Illinois Farragut Boat club were waiting to hear who won the outcome of the Harvard vs Yale football game.  Yale was announced as the winner and a Yale alumni then threw a balled up boxing glove to a Harvard alum.  The Harvard alum then hit the balled up glove with a  broom handle.  A reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade  yelled, "play ball," and the football fans continued to use the boxing glove and stick.