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Article by Anime Feminist, talking about the 1998 baseball anime "Princess Nine", where it succeeds and where it fails in doing its female protagonist justice.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

As someone from a football (soccer) country this confuses me: aren’t softball and baseball essentially the same sport?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

(USA, so grain of salt)Softball has a larger ball, and pitched underhand. In the US, it is common for schools to have girls play softball instead of baseball, but is starting to slowly shift.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There’s different rules between softball and baseball; but yes, same concept. Edit to say that the biggest difference is ball size. And because softball is larger, the fast balls generally don’t get as fast as baseball. I believe field size is different, so baseball is spread out farther.

[–] discostjohn 3 points 11 months ago

Pretty fun write-up for an anime I've never heard of and have no intention of watching. Very interesting.