the Unexpressed Advantage

The Second thing that softball taught me is that it's really actually pretty fun to play softball. That is, if you play it correctly. One of the most important things about softball (and baseball, incidentally) is the rules. There are quite a few little nuances here and there and it's important that you understand them all otherwise you'll be a little lost.

For instance, my friend Mike, somewhere around the second inning, got on to first base. Now Mike has never been super keen about organized sports, so he didn't know the softball rules at all, including the one that says you have to "tag up" when you're on base and a hit ball is caught by a member of the fielding team.