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OLYMPIANS SHARE THEIR WISDOM WITH A NEW GENERATION SOFTBALL PLAYERS GET TIPS FROM MEDALISTS.


Byline: Daily News

PALMDALE -- Young softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball. The name softball was given to the game in 1926. A tournament (1933) at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. players got tips from former Team USA Olympic gold medalists on the Pro Fastpitch X-Treme Tour.

The three-day event, held at Palmdale's Marie Kerr Park and Lancaster City Park, concludes today.

The PFX PFX - Generic Police Term for Multi-Channel Packset Radio
PFX - Personal Information Exchange
PFX - Powerflex (database file extension)
's most high-profile stars include three-time gold medalist pitcher Lisa Fernandez and second baseman Dot Richardson, a two-time gold medalist.

Outfielders Laura Berg and Jessica Mendoza, catcher Stacey Nuveman, second baseman Lovie Jung and utility player Tairia Flowers are former Olympic gold medalists too.

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(1) Two-time Olympic gold medalist Dot Richardson, above, shows softball players how to grip a bat at the instructional session at Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale on Saturday. The Pro Fastpitch X-Treme (PFX) tour of the Antelope Valley concludes today.

(2 -- 4) Softball players, above, practice with bats at the instructional session at Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale. At left, Dot Richardson introduces X-Treme softball players, from left, Tina Boutelle, Jennie Ritter and twins Brandey and Courtney Weedt. Below, Richardson gives the softball players some hitting tips.

(5) X-Treme player Tina Boutelle gives pointers as she watches softball players swing their bats.

Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 17, 2006
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