Ok. I have to bitch about something.

[Not Heidi]

Did your watch A League of Their Own? Not the movie but the new series on Prime.

It's about baseball, right?

Then why are they playing with softballs?!

Ohh, it's irritating. That's all.

[brush]

1. Artistic license I guess. So is it also a softball field...

with a circle instead of a mound and 60ft base paths?

[Not Heidi]

4. Not in this series.

I'm not sure if the base paths are 90 ft, but they are pitching off a mound, and the infield is grass.

[cbabe]

2. The Real-Life Women's Baseball League Behind 'A League of Their Own'

…The game itself began as a baseball-softball hybrid, where softball’s 12-inch ball and underhand pitching style got crossed with certain baseball conventions like base-stealing. Over the course of its 12-year tenure, the league skewed closer to baseball:…

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/a-league-of-their-own-movie-tv-sports-history

…more…

Great history of the league.

[Not Heidi]

3. Gotta love Mental Floss

Very interesting stuff, that. Thanks!