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Sandy Lewis (softball)
Sandra Lewis (born Sandra Louise Allen; 11 October 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a softball player from Australia, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2003 she was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, when playing for Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i .... An alumni from Michigan State University, Sandy Lewis was a Third-Team All-American center fielder for the Spartans. Throughout her college career she earned Co-Big Ten Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week honors. Sandy Lewis also helped break the 5-year winning streak University of Michigan had over Michigan State in 2003, with a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. She ended u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hancock. There are two rule sets for softball generally: ''slow pitch softball'' and ''fastpitch''. Slow pitch softball is commonly played recreationally, while women's fastpitch softball is a Summer Olympic sport and is played professionally. Depending on the variety being played and the age and gender of the players, the particulars of field and equipment vary. While distances between bases of 60 feet are standard across varieties, the pitcher's plate ranges from 35 to 43 feet away from home plate, and the home run fence can be 220 to 300 feet away from home plate. The ball itself is typically 11 or 12 inches (28 or 30 cm) in circumference, also depending on specifics of the competition. Softball rules vary somewhat from those of baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
