Can We Guess If You Played Baseball or Softball in High School?

By: Ian Fortey
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess If You Played Baseball or Softball in High School?
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About This Quiz

It's hard to tell nowadays when you compare softball to baseball, but there was a reason softball was invented back in 1887. The game was meant to be played indoors as a way to ensure you could still have some baseball fun even if the weather outside was moody af. As a result, the field of play shrank a little bit, as did the distance between the bases and, of course, the size of the ball changed. The ball also became softer to make it less of a destructive piece of equipment for indoor play. Then eventually we moved it all outdoors again, but the rules stayed the same.

These days, some dudes may look down on softball because it's not "real" baseball, but that's probably because they just haven't played the game before. It's not baseball in the way rugby isn't football. They're similar sports, but they're not the same and they're not supposed to be the same. What they are supposed to be is competitive and fun, and they definitely qualify as both. So if you spent some time playing in high school, why not tell us a bit about yourself and we bet we can guess exactly which sport you played! Take the quiz and see!

What's the most important thing about playing sports?
Destroying the competition
Having fun
Competition is life
Getting in shape

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For some people, an important part of sports is the ability to trash talk the other team. You ever do that?
Like it was my job
Nah, that wasn't my style.
Goals!
Low key, I'd put them in their place.

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You need to pump up that crowd to have a really killer game. What song is your bop?
"Welcome to the Party" by Diplo
"We Will Rock You" by Queen
"Power" by Kanye West
"Till I Collapse" by Eminem

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Cafeteria food: Good times or cancelled?
I am down with cafeteria food.
That's a yikes.
If I'm hangry enough...
I've had worse.

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Baseball and softball aren't the only games that involve smacking a ball around. Which other games you tryna play?
Golf
Field hockey
Cricket
Tennis

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Do you have a large group of friends or do you prefer to just hang out with a few people?
A decent-sized group, I think!
I have a few tight friends.
I'm cool hanging out with anyone.
I dunno. Like a normal-sized group?

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Did you put the "I" in team?
I slay.
I have no idea what that means.
Nah, you have to support everyone.
I may have shown off now and then.

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What sport were you playing during the winter?
Winter is for Netflix and chill.
I still played ball!
Hockey, skiing; whatever I could find!
Hockey, my dude.

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Are baseball players worth those multi-million-dollar contracts or they extra?
If they're good enough
Extra
Bet
Some of them must be

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Did playing ball get in the way of your schoolwork?
School got in the way of playing ball!
IDC
Nah, I can multitask like a champ.
TBH, yeah.

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Did you and your friends ever pull a senior prank?
Got turnt
No
Wait, is that a thing?
I can't talk about that.

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Do you have any trophies hanging around the house?
One or two
Not really
I have a bunch.
Facts

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What's ballpark snack is fire?
Hot dog!
Popcorn
Nun of these
Nachos

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Some games are meant for indoors and maybe also for playing while you're eating snacks. Pick one!
Pool
Pinball
Foosball
Ping pong

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If the coach needs you to ride the pine so another teammate who's not as good as you can get up to bat, are you cool with that?
That's savage
Coach makes the rules, so yuh.
For sure. I made be salty though.
I want to support my team.

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So were you sitting in the front row and answering all of the teacher's questions in class or what?
You serious right now?
Well, like, sometimes.
Idgaf
That doesn't sound much like me.

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We know you were into sports, but what about other extracurriculars? Were you in the band?
Nah
Low key yeah
For a little while
Nah bruh

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Did you ever get threatened with being cut from the team for your out-of-school behavior?
I sure did.
Can they even do that?
What kind of person do you think I was in school?
OOF

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Do you still play ball in your spare time just with friends?
Yeah, I'm in a league.
No
I play other sports.
Goals!

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Sports movies are either awesome or terrible. What's sports movie is lit?
"Moneyball"
"Air Bud"
"Creed"
"Bad News Bears"

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How were you getting to school most often back in the day?
I drove.
I walked.
I took the bus.
I got a ride.

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Overall, were you a good student?
I wouldn't use the word "good."
Great AF
Pretty good, low key
Could have been better

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So what happened after high school?
Not much
Werk
College
Still here

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If you're beat from a day of playing sports but are still down for some games, what are you hitting up?
PS4
Nintendo Switch
The ol' PC
Xbox One

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Bruh, the power just went out and that means gaming is done. Unless we try board games. Pick one!
Monopoly
Chess
Dungeons & Dragons
Cards Against Humanity

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Did you work during your summers in high school?
Nah, summer was downtime.
Babysitting, mostly
I did some odd jobs here and there.
I was slinging fast food like a boss.

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In art class, what do you feel brought out your artistic side the most?
I was never super artistic.
Photography
I liked sculpting.
Painting was always litty.

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Were you ever singled out for your contributions to the team?
You bet!
Everyone was at some point.
Once or twice
Not really

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When you got home from school, what would you be most likely to do on an average day?
Grab a snack
Do some homework
Head right back out again
Just chill

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What were you and your friends going to be doing on a Friday night?
Party!
Just hanging out
It was always something different.
Maybe a movie

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