Baseball vs Softball at Clarke University
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2018
- The Clarke Baseball and Softball teams are trying to finally answer the age-old question: which sport is better? Watch as baseball/softball hitters square off against pitchers from the opposing sport. They are both great in our humble opinion!
Girls: discussing pitch strategy
Boys: I’m gonna throw a fastball, and then another fastball
HASF fanatic I’m a junior in Highschool that can confirm we go in without a plan very often lmao
81' mph is a change-up.. But I still wouldn't want to swing at a rise ball in softball...
HASF fanatic honestly same I’m on the guys baseball team never once have we had a strategy 😂
Yes
HASF fanatic but like how you gonna plan if you dont know whats gonna happen like you cant hop over to the other teams locker room and be like “yo what plays yall runnin askin for a friend”
Pitcher skipped leg day
He skipped all types of days 😂😂
Yep. He puts on some muscle in his legs and upper body and he could be hitting 95 with that athletic frame.
Have you seen chris sale? He’s probably the skinniest player of all time but one of the best lefties throwing today
Still threw gas
Damn
the first softball pitcher when she said she was from cedar rapids my immediate thought was "im just chillin.. in cedar rapids"
Haley Sullivan I appreciate this comment so much😂👏🏼 me too
Haley Sullivan lmao saaame 😂😂😂😂
Haley Sullivan sameeeeeeee 😂
I’m chillin in Iowa city 🖤💛
Wait I didn’t even see that I used to live in Cedar Rapids
Cameraman: so what is you guys strategy for pitching?
Girls: well start with a fastball then a riseball then get him with the changeup
Cameraman: so what is your pitch-
Guys: yes.
LMFAO
Finally someone put a softball hitter vs a baseball pitcher
Majority of the strikes are from them hitting on clear low balls though.
@@krillep280 admit it, the girls lost
Finally someone who had the girls actually hit against a baseball pitcher with baseballs.
@@krillep280 maybe they shouldn't swing at them?
they should throw the baseball underhand and the softballs overhand
How how how is there a college pitcher throwing 81 and the catcher not be able to catch him
Lol true but im guessing he went easy on them
The one at 3:46 ish bounced so
Ryan Cook he changes speeds to make the hitter unbalanced. I play baseball and this kinda thing happens
How old are u and u can't get your grammar right.
D3 school and some are babies out of high school. Not to mention this school is in the Midwest where baseball is not exactly a hot bed unless you are close the the Omaha area. These kids will not be on the same level you see with the SEC, ACC, Pac-12 etc.
Its tradition to revisit this video every once in a while
My baseball team played a game against our schools softball team and we played their sport... we won 14-1
How in the world was there a player on your team who could pitch like that. That requires a ton of practice to fast pitch a soft ball underhanded. Little hard to believe.
Shammy Cat they couldn’t hit for shit he was just lobbing it in there
I see.
Ryan Frank how fast was the pitching some girls can’t hit slow I can’t hit under 40 it’s too slow I can’t time with the ball and I’m in front of it I play travel so I’m used to seeing 50-55 and I easily hit it because I don’t have to wait as long for it to reach me so I’m not reaching for it and it comes off the bat faster and goes farther
Shammy Cat he never said they could pitch like that and I can believe it cus softball is wayyyyyyyyyy easier that Baseball (that’s why girls play it)
Wow, so much anger and aggression in these comments for something that was just for a bit of fun.
Duane Donovan ok🥴
Thank you
thats true
Ikr?
I could you ur head as a mirror
those females givin some bs strike calls
Conley Turley practically hits you, STRIKE, other girls: yeah i agree
Conley Turley frfr
Probably about two of those weren't strikes, the other ones were. The strike zone for softball is way different than strike zone for baseball.
Poole22 no it’s not
Kiana Abrook did you like your own comment
My high school pitchers throw faster than him
5th line Videos dude they were not trying to throw 90
5th line Videos my 14 u does
A sophomore at my school throws 90 bruh
Mars he doesn't understand the meaning of just playing around
This guy is a college pitcher because he can hit his damn spots.
I like how the girls call everything a strike
Lol
They didn't
They called all the strikes that are usually called strikes in games🤷
Kharson Castell L
They probably wanna be umps when they grow up lol
1:28 thought she said shortstop for a second
Same
Y'all talk trash on him throwing only 81 but it's enough to gas most of y'all pretenders lol
Alex Langston everyone here is claiming there 14-17 throwing high 80’s. Just be honest.
Dude 81 is literally slow
Nicholas Noto yeah it’s not fast but it’s not always about veto if you have movement you can be effective I have more trouble hitting off slow pitching then someone throwing high 80’s to lower 90’s plus Clarke is probably d3 or something
Alex Langston yeah Clarke is d3 but we literally faced a d1 commit today throwing 90 with a lot of movement
I agree I mean they thinks that’s slow when there probably have never touched a ball. 😂
as a baseballer and softballer i would say the hardest thing between the to is in baseball trying to see from a different release point and softball is to not dip back cause you may swing and miss more, but also the shorter distance
The girl catcher called so many stupid strikes it was embarrassing💀
I was saying to myself I was like bruh what
I was latterly like “Bro what is she smoking”
literally almost hits the guy
*strike*
thats cuz in softball thats what we get called on
@@urbs7466 it’s called an inside pitch
As a baseball player. I see both as hard if you’ve never played them before.
Both are hard yes
As a softball player I agree. I’ve been up against a pitcher that played for our baseball team and it’s very different from what I’m used to. Both amazing sports to watch at the end of the day, just different executions.
@@smg5008 perfectly said
Girl: softball is harder than baseball
Mike Trout: Hold my beer
@Alyssa Hatcher Softball was designed to be easier
Name one thing that makes softball harder than baseball, and I would really like to see your scientific study that proves softball to be harder than baseball.
@Alyssa Hatcher U sound stupid rn
Lmao, you’re salty. Baseball has linger fences, smaller ball, and faster pitches.
Just wanna point out the first hitter... his on base percentage was a .287 sooooo uh maybe they picked the wrong hitters
What's the average on base?
@@Mektah For that level school maybe about .370 or .380
And he’s slugging .237 and he’s a philosophy major wtf
College pitcher throwing 81??
Gifted Gaming probably D3, plus he's a freshman
William Goodman get the D3 part but I mean freshmen in college isn’t that young tbh
Gifted Gaming by the time he's a junior he will probably be throwing 85
William Goodman hope he’s got good off speed😅
Weakkkk
For those of you that keep talking about the pitcher, Clarke University is an NAIA team, so they are equivalent to good NCAA DIII schools and average DII schools. Throwing 81 mph as a freshman is very normal for this level. The average DI pitcher only throws around 85-86 mph. Remember, for all those guys that you see throwing 95 mph for Vanderbilt, there are 5 times as many throwing 85 mph for Long Island University, University of Vermont, and Lafayette College.
Everything you just said is wrong. 85 is highschool caliber.
@@universenerdd False. The average high school player is usually in the 78-80 mph range. If you are throwing 85 mph in high school, you will easily play in college if you want to (assuming you have at least some control). Now 85 mph isn't getting you into a Power 5 type conference. But there are plenty of guys playing in the America East< CAA, Patriot, Horizon, Mid-Eastern, Mid-American, Northeast, etc... that throw 85 mph. There are also plenty of guys at the DII level that throw that as there is very little difference between the better teams in DII and the lower conferences in DI. Teams like Tampa U. would consistently beat many of the lower DI schools.
If you are throwing 85 in high school. Then by the time you a senior in college, you should be throwing 90+. How many guys do you think throw 90+ for these low-level Division I schools
My guy wasn’t even tossing ched
Im from the UK and I don't know know baseball slang but this cracked me up 😂😂
SlopedOtter it means he cockblocked her from dropping 450 nukes and disgracing her family with cheese dogs
@@captaincobra4578 yeah...that helped 🙄
I’m finally watching this video. It’s been in my recommendations for like 3 years
Good video, same age, level of play (as in not a professional vs a college student or retired vs young person). Well done.
The guys definitely had more balls.
tntkop 😏
But the girls were swinging
No pun intended
About 6 more balls to be exact 😉
um... is no one gonnatalk about the guy that majors in philosophy
one girl majors in elementary education
Great video showing the different styles.
I've played summer league fastpitch and high school baseball. Baseball is MUCH tougher. Our summer league fast pitch team scrimmaged our girls high school varsity squad (ranked in the top 10 in the state for class C in Michigan) who had an all-state pitcher who threw low 60's. Our guys pitcher threw low 70's. We scored 12 runs on the girls in the 1st inning vs 3 straight strikeouts for the ladies. Even though we won the scrimmage, we were also there cheering them on when they went on to play in the districts.
If you haven't played both of these sports, meaning actually played on a team, you don't have a right to call out anything about the other sport. You are biased, whether you think so or not, you will lean towards your sport. That's human nature, plus you're uneducated, this was just for fun, it's not serious. So chill out with all of the rude comments.
I played softball and it’s way easier than baseball
I played in the 30-40 men's baseball leagues in Houston and Austin. My manager called one day and said we were playing the all women's baseball team the Coors Silver Bullets on ESPN that night! Turns out we were not on ESPN but the Women looked great in batting and infield practice and we all wondered if we were going to lose so we played 100% like we would against men. We won 12-0. The women could not handle the fastball and were pretty easy to hit. Kinda like playing against teenage boys. Noticed the Silver Bullets on ESPN later that year and they switched to playing the over 40 men.
Girls got smoked on a 81 mph fastball. So much for the “rubber is closer so it’s harder” argument.
Rockin UU yeah,but for the boys they had a bigger ball and barrel sooo.....
Addison Davis That’s right they did 😏
Addison Davis by like 2 inches lol
Addison Davis lol you also forgot to mention the softball players were about 20 feet closer
@@addisondavis8607 okay yes they were using different things but it was sport v sport why would they give the girls a handicap they can play it like a baseball player
That’s softball catchers glove was nicce
It is. Unfortunately I'm a catcher that doesn't use catching gloves I use an outfielder's glove, but it looks so clean.
Is no one gonna talk about how the softball players were starting to say that it wasn’t harder then they expected. Then they realized they lost.
She was like
Yea i dont
Them the other girl said it was harder than we thought and then she was like yea it was the hitting
I was like what you were about to say it wasnt as hars as you thought
Anyone going to talk about how you beat girls In a comparison of sports. Surprise men are better at all sports.
Maybe they expected to get their butts kicked but it was a close game so they thought it wasn't as bad
I used to play what we call "fast ball", which looks like your "soft ball" except maybe the ball is smaller and harder, and I had a pretty good on base average (0.62). So someone asked me to come play for their "soft ball" team, which around here means the ball has to go way up in the air (I think you guys might call it "slow pitch"). Anyway I couldn't hit a damn thing. I was constantly swinging well before the ball got to the plate. You'd think that after learning how to hit a ball travelling 60+ mph it would be pretty easy to hit a big fat ball falling out of the sky but I couldn't. I hit one to the fence, struck out all the other times, and then was never asked to play again. So my experience would be that it isn't as easy to change up as one would think.
Thank you guys for doing one of the only fair softball vs baseball competitions on CZcams.
I think it would not matter because they both have different strategies and skills.
They are the hardest sports to play. It’s an adjustment to read from underhand to over and vise versa
Give us a ump not a catcher
Sammy Sparger frt those were crazy biased calls
Nick Niehaus Yea
I play both baseball and softball, and I loved them. It got hard to manage as I grew up, especially in juniors. They intimidated me so I stopped playing baseball. I still play softball, and it doesn't matter which one was better. I still woulda loved them regardless 😂😊
2:42 the HONESTY. love it
Dude said ‘’ fastball and another fastball “
The thing is his fastball was as fast as a good change up
Is there any reason why girls can't play baseball? Girls in general have smaller hands, so why give them a LARGER ball to throw? And why make them throw it underhanded? Is there something in female anatomy that makes overhand throwing impractical? Baseball and softball are very similar, but playing baseball can lead to million dollar contracts. Playing softball doesn't! I'm not saying that women today are good enough to play Major League baseball. But playing baseball gives them a chance, while playing softball gives them NO CHANCE! But maybe that's the point of softball! Can someone explain to me why women are encouraged to play softball while men are encouraged to play baseball? Thanks.
2:39 I lost it when she tried to say that was foul
This was fun to watch. It didn't prove that one is better than the other but it did show just how different the two sports are.
This is what I've always said. On the surface, the two sports look the same so people naturally try to compare them, but they are just two completely different sports. And all these videos show is softball players are better at softball, and baseball players are better at baseball... Shocker!
Hey Bailey Naperville here also good luck on your season
No joke my best friend from high school was throwing 86 as a freshmen in high school.
Joe Sudderth same I literally have a friend that throws 90 as a freshman
I smell cap
That's cap but ok
That’s the biggest strike zone ive ever seen damn 😂
Puksin Dheep it's a lower one
Softballs stike zone is up to the armpits
I’m just gonna put this out there. We’re the softball players not using a drop 3 when swinging at the baseball?
I live so close to where the first two softball hitters are from
aye this is all imma say... i’ve been playing softball for 10 years and i’m 14, i play select ball for one of the best teams in my state, and we travel around the country and play some of the best teams known. My family owns a softball/baseball complex and often times i practice with the baseball boys. i have, tried hitting off a 73mph 13 year old boy who was throwing strait gas, hardest shit i’ve ever seen. from going to hitting something at a different release point to that was next to impossible. I’ve also seen guys look like dumbasses tryna hit softball pitching. i’ve had this argument with so many people, and i believe softball and baseball have similar concepts, but such diverse techniques and fundemnetals that it’s hard to compare one another. if a guy learned how softball works, he’d be a fucking all star, if a girl learned how baseball works, she’d be a fucking all star however she most likely wouldn’t hit it as far as guys are averagely taller, heavier, and more muscular than girls due to genetic reasons. if you still wanna be a pussy and argue that one sport is better than the other and you have no factual information, keep on doin it. makes me chuckle 😂
I just want to say why did you type up a paper for something like this
I can agree with you more. I played a total of ten years of baseball as a catcher. So I saw my share of batters in baseball. But it also allows me to see some of the key differences between a baseball swing and softball swing. I have always wanted to try going against a softball pitcher both as a batter and just to catch for her to see how different it would be. Both are great sports that take a great amount of skill in order to be any good at.
Huh you said chuckle, lol
This was really long but agree
Jinx Official baseball has smaller balls, bigger fields, faster pitching, and more publicity
0:56 “a couple curve balls. they wouldn’t know what to do” there are curve balls in softball too but okay 👌🏼😂
Emma Elisabeth yeah but softball is ass
Curveballs in both sports looking different but okay
Emma Elisabeth lmao no one got a hit off of the baseball pitcher but okay
Do you even like you know play softball or baseball?
A curve ball in softball is the equivalent of a 10 yr old little leaguer throwing one
what high school did 24 on the softball team go to cuz i’m from naperville
Baseballl and softball are equally as hard as a sport
I think so too
The game isn't always decided on how good the pitchers are, guys. C'mon. You need a good catcher, outfield, and infield. Pitchers get all the glory.
(most of the time. Not trying to pick on pitchers).
Lol right, I'm a catcher and I have to frame the ball all the time... Yet the pitchers always get the "nice pitch". Not trying to complain... But it gets on my nerves sometimes...
@@poole2240 ikr and sometimes my pitcher will be old and tell me to frame better I hate nothing more than that
A good pitcher just needs routine fielders.
I’d really like to see this competition done but with the boys throwing full speed
And boys throwing softball
What is the pitcher hit the hitter accidentally?
All the people arguing about which is harder... Both are equal. Pitching is hard in softball, but in baseball batting is way harder. They are different so it’s hard to compare fielding... since the fields are bigger in baseball.
Now lets see them face a real college pitcher around 93.
Yolo Swaggins I think 93 is a little too old for someone in college lol
He means velocity lol
3:35 she’s one of us let’s go tinleyyyyy
Way to go razo. Good luck
HEY! When the softball batters were up, wheres the chants?
For everyone commenting about him throwing 81, Greg Maddux averaged under 86 in his later years. He's a Hall of Famer. Pitching isn't about speed.
If u have good other pitches, you will be good, that’s what we do with softball
pitching is about speed tf u talking about
@@squeakybaseball3861 lol yeah okay
Pitching isn't 100% speed but saying it's not speed at all Is completely wrong
@@SkibidiRizzler6929 ^^ There's a reason MLB grades a fastball as "Elite" if it's over 94mph. Accuracy is important, but Aroldis Chapman was erratic when he was throwing 104 and whiffed professional batters with pitches 2 feet out of the zone some times lol
I didn't know they pitched so close to home plate
They pitch like 40 feet
This university is in New Jersey right?
Wait so their change up goes straight?
I love softball
I’d piece them up
What’s division is this?
Finally, I video that has the softball players hit against baseball players
“use the riseball since they don’t have experience”
right handed mlb pitchers that throw rising fastballs: 👁👄👁
2:27 apparently that was in the zone
It's a inside pitch
It was in the zone, curve inside pitch
No thats not inside the zone if you pause it where you can see the plate you'll see its not inside the zone it looked like she framed it.
@@poole2240 I've had those pitches, all you get from hitting those are foul balls.
@@CrispyTripod then you don't know how to hit them, you have to keep your swing tight to your body.
This comment section is blowing up with hate, both Sports are hard... if someone has learned and played one sport for years they are going to think its harder because it has taken so long to master just chill guys.
UPRoaR RaiSe I tried both and baseball was harder cuz the ball was smaller and harder when I tried softball it was easier and bigger
Morgan only lives like 10 min from and bailey lives 30 minutes from me! I love this video!
I’m just saying girls are used to the bigger ball to hit then a baseball in my opinion softballs are easier to hit because they’re bigger bc I’m a softball player and it’s just easier but both did great and both sports are cool
I want to see guys try to pitch the softball way, like with a whole windmill
poptart rocket they would pitch better than the chicks
@@pussydestroyers1407 obviously, why else do you think the sport is separated
Pussy Destroyers And you can pitch better, faster, and stronger in the softball motion?
@@pussydestroyers1407 curve, drop, rise, screw, change, fast... You cannot pitch as well with 3 years of practice. Y'all would still be trying to avoid the birds and the worms. Smh just because it looks easy doesn't mean it is.
I want to see the women pitch the baseball way from the baseball distance
I really like this video!!👍👍👍
Notice the difference between the distance of mounds to the plate
They must have a different strike zone in softball
The strike zone is larger.
Regardless of the result. Can someone explain to me why girls gotta play a different sport. I get softball pitching is hard but why cant they play baseball
Because boys would crush them no offense boys have more physical strength and boys do t want to make girls cry saying it directly.
why do they run away after they strike out?
thats a pretty *nice* speed on that curve
Give them a softball bat and see what happens👀
Dj Panocha thank you
Good idea 😊😊😊😊
a softball bat is smaller than a baseball bat
Dj Panocha wouldn’t that just help because the bats are lighter so it’s easier to make contact
ModernUniverse 🤦🏼♀️
The men’s pitcher was just throwing junk... plate discipline ladies
MrDiabolicmuffin don’t say you’ve never chased before🙄
Softball players have a different strike zone
It’s not easy to see a curveball from a different arm angle
It worked didnt it? If they're gonna chase then as a pitcher make em chase it's a good strat
@@mra4928 thats 100% an excuse
For all of you people saying that 81 is slow, there are MLB pitchers that throw about an 85 fastball, it’s just that it has a lot of movement. Moving fastballs are hard to hit no matter how fast it is.
That was dope! So weird not watching people hate each other ...is this what things were like before? All good attitudes?
*I've played softball for 3 years and now I play baseball the switch from a softball to a baseball was super easy somehow*
Rylee Parker no one cares
You are probably ass
RaVe Paba shut tf up
Almond Joy T and you shut tf up too dickhead I’m pretty sure you just sit on your ass and eat sun chips all day
That’s cool
They got struck out by a pitcher who was throwing 81 that’s sad
that you play msp
It’s a lot different to go from hitting 60 mph fastballs to even 81 mph. The boys struck out from a girl throwing in the 50’s with a bigger ball I’d call that sad
well even if the girl is throwing 64 it doesnt look 64 when its that close. a 64 mph pitch is equivalent to a 92 mph pitch and if a girl can throw 70 at that distance its extrapolated to be 100 pmh
mamikeira MSP girls getting strike out by a dude who’s throwing 81
tegan lofton are you dumb ???
Let's go Clarke University the baseball u guys play is amazing I love it congrats I guys way to go very talented I just love it
Great vid
Lol Wiffing on an 81 mph fastball
Brendon McPhail lol ur tone is so toxic. U try hitting a fast ball fucker plus they are girls and they dont damn hitfastballs in softball.
You realize the ball is smaller and plus baseball pitching is different from softball pitching
Juice 1. That was a scrimmage. In soccer, scrimmages are rough, but they are also kind of goof off have fun. 2. They were about to play the Russian women’s team for Olympic qualifiers, so obviously they weren’t going all that hard. 3. It was just a fun experience. 4. My 04 (U16) team beat our 03 (U17) team before. We are girls and we beat an older boys team. You’re a crappy person, what would your mother think? Or how would you explain this to your daughter, why she can’t play with the boys when she’s just as skilled and talented and at their level of athleticism?
@Juice Jeez, do females offend your manhood that bad?? Be humble "man".
Baseball catcher can’t block for his life
Unknown Handle Bars 2 he probably wasn’t wearing a cup and anyway there was no need to block it’s just a fun game 🤣
Loved the pitches. .
For hitting for both sports it’s just hard to adjust to a different style of pitching
Seems like the boys adjusted pretty well compared to the girls
This is really an opinionated question, based on preference.
3:30 wtf I live 5 minute away from Tinley park I randomly found this video.
xX MARUADERxX same lol
Palos heights
And u play Fortnite
Both are the best sports 👍🏽
Where’s the 2nd version
Just chillin... in cedar rapids
lol The pitcher I doubt was a starter and if he was he was going easy on them
This is one of the experiments that accurately work because you put a fastball hitter against a softball hitter and vice verca