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2008 Firecracker College Showcase
Platinum Champions
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The difference between a successful person and
others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but
rather a lack of will.
-Vince Lombardi
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2008 Practice Fields
Practice runs 6:00 - until dark
16 & 18U
Hunter' Woods
14U
Darnestown Park
Wednesday at 6:00 at Darnestown is 14U practice
Thursday at 6:00 at Hunter's Woods is for 16 & 18
MAKE THE ONE FOR YOUR TEAM
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The History of Softball Softball originated
in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. A group of about twenty young men
had gathered in the gymnasium of the Farragut Boat Club in order to hear
the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game. After Yale's victory was
announced and bets were paid off, a man picked up a stray boxing glove
and threw it at someone, who hit it with a pole. George Hancock, usually
considered the inventor of softball, shouted, "Let's play ball!" He tied
the boxing glove so that it resembled a ball, chalked out a diamond on
the floor (smaller dimensions than those of a baseball field in order to
fit the gym) and broke off a broom handle to serve as a bat. What
proceeded was...
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