BallFourBaseHit Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Can anyone tell me why softball uses double elimination all the way through the finals and baseball goes to single elimination for the finals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowthatsfunny Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Pitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallFourBaseHit Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Pitching. OK ... last I checked, both sports use pitchers ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowthatsfunny Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Obviously softball pitchers often pitch both games of double headers, pitch in consecutive days, and are able to pitch a lot more innings than a baseball pitcher. A baseball pitcher "needs" four days of rest between starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and Gold Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Obviously softball pitchers often pitch both games of double headers, pitch in consecutive days, and are able to pitch a lot more innings than a baseball pitcher. A baseball pitcher "needs" four days of rest between starts. Also look at the field. Wake up at look at the size. To make the softball game more interesting go to a large field. From the time young men are 12 yrs. and older the field goes to 250' plus fields. At 15 it's over 350'. Young ladies field stays around the 200' ft. range. In college in might get to 220' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverdaleman Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 i thought they played it the same way baseball did it duoble elmination and then a 1 time championship game if not...pitching is the key yo can have a baseball pitcher throw 2 days in a row whereas a softball pitchier can go 2 or even 3 days in a row the under arm throwing motion is more natural thean the overhand thrwoing that baseball does so in softball it is not as much wear and tear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallFourBaseHit Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 i thought they played it the same way baseball did it duoble elmination and then a 1 time championship game if not...pitching is the key yo can have a baseball pitcher throw 2 days in a row whereas a softball pitchier can go 2 or even 3 days in a row the under arm throwing motion is more natural thean the overhand thrwoing that baseball does so in softball it is not as much wear and tear I understand that the pitching motion for softball creates less strain on an arm than the pitching motion in baseball. Still ... it doesn't seem consistent. If there is enough time to finish softball on Saturday ... then let's finish baseball also on Saturday if necessary. If any team is allowed a loss, all teams should be allowed a loss. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach15 Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 time may be a factor..most of the time softball games do not take near as long as baseball games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlimbaugh Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Softball, like basketball, is a 'tournament sport'. Baseball, because of the nature of pitching, is more of a 'series' sport... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavcav Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Softball Game with low scoring (usually in the state tourney) is about 1 hr. 15 min. long. Baseball Game with low scoring is still aroung 2 1/2 hours. Math.....Get 2 games in softball to 1 in baseball. And lets not forget, more teams in the tourney, more $$$$$$$ Pitching Rest + Time of games = More Softball teams = MORE $$$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallFourBaseHit Posted May 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 (edited) Softball Game with low scoring (usually in the state tourney) is about 1 hr. 15 min. long. Baseball Game with low scoring is still aroung 2 1/2 hours. Math.....Get 2 games in softball to 1 in baseball. And lets not forget, more teams in the tourney, more $$$$$$$ Pitching Rest + Time of games = More Softball teams = MORE $$$$ I believe if you compare the baseball and softball brackets, you'll see they start with the same number of teams. As for the number of games, they play the same number except when they need to go to double elimination in the finals, as TCA and Columbia did this year. Edited May 31, 2006 by BallFourBaseHit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavcav Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I believe if you compare the baseball and softball brackets, you'll see they start with the same number of teams. As for the number of games, they play the same number except when they need to go to double elimination in the finals, as TCA and Columbia did this year. I stand corrected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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