Baseball

(Baseball) A game of inches and solitary confrontation, baseball features a pitcher hurling a 9-inch ball from 60 feet at 100 mph using fastballs, curveballs, and changeups, with batters having 0.4 seconds to decide. (Softball) Its faster, smaller sister, softball uses an underhand "windmill" delivery from 43 feet, creating riseballs and drops on a smaller field with a larger ball, and games are 7 innings. Both sports feature the "mercy rule" and returned to the Olympics in Tokyo 2020, with the home run robbery (leaping at the fence) as the pinnacle play.