slow-pitch
noun
: softball which is played with 10 players on each side and in which each pitch must have an arc 3 to 10 feet high and base stealing is not allowed compare fast-pitch
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Among the sports the organization offers: Kickball, slow-pitch softball, pickleball, flag football, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, indoor volleyball, grass volleyball and sand volleyball.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2025
Favorite hobbies: Lifting weights or running with friends, going dancing, playing tennis, volleyball, or slow-pitch softball.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
As a player, Hildebrandt is a left-hand-hitting outfielder who at one point in his supposedly adult life was playing in five slow-pitch softball leagues.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
For decades, the former mechanical engineer only played slow-pitch softball, a far less demanding game where a pitcher floats a larger, softer ball over the plate.
—Bob Davis, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
Eleven Oregon State pitchers threw at the tournament and eight surrendered runs, making Arizona and Arizona State look like slow-pitch softball teams.
—Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
Lake Mary was fielding a slow-pitch softball team when Fisher arrived in 1990 and led the school’s transition to fast-pitch.
—J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2025
Favorite hobbies: Lifting weights or running with friends, going dancing, playing tennis, volleyball, or slow-pitch softball.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
As a player, Hildebrandt is a left-hand-hitting outfielder who at one point in his supposedly adult life was playing in five slow-pitch softball leagues.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
For decades, the former mechanical engineer only played slow-pitch softball, a far less demanding game where a pitcher floats a larger, softer ball over the plate.
—Bob Davis, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
Eleven Oregon State pitchers threw at the tournament and eight surrendered runs, making Arizona and Arizona State look like slow-pitch softball teams.
—Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
Lake Mary was fielding a slow-pitch softball team when Fisher arrived in 1990 and led the school’s transition to fast-pitch.
—J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
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“Slow-pitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-pitch. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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