Anyone ever heard of 'Cabbage Ball'

[ChoralScholar]

It's played just like baseball, except the ball is roughly the size of a head of cabbage. It's light enough to pitch underhand, but heavy enough to go into the outfield if it's hit hard.

I played it in elementary school... and I'd like to introduce my choir kids to it the last couple days of school.

I need to know where I can buy a cabbage ball. I'm at a loss and google is useless.

Oh, and also.. is there another name it is known by, that I can search for?

[ChoralScholar]

1. anybody?!?

:kick:

I'll check again in the morning.

[ChoralScholar]

2. kick last time for the afternoon crowd

:kick:

[no name no slogan]

3. KittenBall?

The ball is roughly the same size, and is softer than a baseball or softball. My parents used to play in a league in the 70s. The women could wear gloves, but the men could not.

Sounds like the same thing to me. :hi:

[XNASA]

4. Perhaps you're referring to 16" softball?

As far as I know, the only place it's played, is in Chicagoland.

[ChoralScholar]

5. The ball is not hard.

It almost feels stuffed with something, but it is fairly heavy.

[XNASA]

6. After a 16" softball is used for a couple of seasons....

It's like a big pillow.

:shrug:

[ProfessorGAC]

7. A Couple Of Seasons?!?!?

I would have said a couple of innings! Ever take one of those apart! I did when i was about 10 or 11. Big fun! There's a mile of string in there, and a bunch of stuffing like excelsior!
The Professor

[XNASA]

8. Yeah well. I was playing it safe with my assumption.

:hi:

[Lance_Boyle]

9. is that anything like 'cauliflower ear?'

:P

[ChoralScholar]

12. no...

but 'cotton balls' is the dreaded terminal stage of the disease 'beer nuts'.

[Neoma]

10. No sorry i haven't.

[Roon]

11. I remember that game!

Except we called it spoosh ball or something like that.

[Burma Jones]

13. We played it in college (Knox - Galesburg, IL)

no need for gloves.....


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