Softball is a team sport similar to baseball. Played with a larger ball and smaller field. The thrill of the sport comes from hitting the ball, especially home runs out of the field. It also comes playing with your friends, getting runners out, catching the ball, and striking batters out. 

The batter hits the ball while they and the hitting team try to get around all 4 bases to score a point. The on-field team tries to get 3 outs in order to switch turns at bat.

• Pitcher- throws the ball to the batters to strike them out or walk them.
• Catcher- catches the throws from the pitcher. In charge of home base.
• First base- in charge of first base. 
• Second base- in charge of second base.
• Shortstop- in charge of the space between second and third base. Can switch places with either of those positions as well.
• Third base- in charge of third base.
• Right fielder- in charge of the far right side of the field from hits.
• Center fielder- in charge of the far middle of the field from hits.
• Left fielder- in charge of the far left side of the field from hits. 
• Batter- tries to hit the ball to either get on base or score other players home.
• Base runner(s)- batters who make it on base. Try to score a pint by making to home without getting out.

• Softball
• Softball bats 
• Softball gloves are what players use to catch the ball.
• Helmets are usually worn by the batter  and catcher to protect their heads from the ball that is usually coming at them at high speeds.
• Softball catcher padding to protect the catcher from the fast paced balls.

Jennie played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999-2002 in college. She won the 2001 Women’s College World Series and was named collegiate All-American. She led the United States women’s national team to gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver in 2008 Summer Olympics. She pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch from 2005-2010. She got ranked #2 Greatest College Softball Player and has several category rankings for both Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference and NCAA Division 1. She’s the National Pro Fastpitch career leader in WHIP and is a National Softball Hall of Fame inductee. In 2010, Finch retired to focus on her family. In August 2011, she started to work for ESPN as a color commentator for National Pro Fastpitch and college softball.