why is there such a huge difference between hitting a softball vs. a baseball?

[metmagic]

i just noticed that in the batting cage today..... WOW :uhoh:

huge difference, i had no idea!


it's harder to get the timing of a baseball (they seem to come out like bullets), but once you get it, they're easier to hit......


but then when you switch from baseballs to softballs, WHOA it's like you're whacking watermelons!! they're so damn heavy, you need more power to hit 'em far!


i can't decide which one i like better......... :confused:


anyone play both? or HAVE played both? which do you like better and why???

[rockin500]

baseball. softball is like trying to hit a beachball.

[Liter22]

Originally posted by metmagic
i just noticed that in the batting cage today..... WOW :uhoh:

huge difference, i had no idea!


it's harder to get the timing of a baseball (they seem to come out like bullets), but once you get it, they're easier to hit......


but then when you switch from baseballs to softballs, WHOA it's like you're whacking watermelons!! they're so damn heavy, you need more power to hit 'em far!


i can't decide which one i like better......... :confused:


anyone play both? or HAVE played both? which do you like better and why???

I've played both and I always find the baseball harder since it comes at you faster and is so small compared to a softball which is so easy to see and big, but then I always find it harder to put any power into the ball when playing softball so I guess in a way they even out:hmm: