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| Photo of softball in dirt by Susan Lueck. |
International softball
still battles for the gold
Looking back, Team USA reclaimed the World Cup of Softball this past summer 2014 from Japan who had won the previous year.
These two teams usually battle for this international title -- as they did, too, when softball was an Olympic sport -- with the USA victorious seven times and Japan dominant twice.
However, this year, our neighbors from the north, Canada, finished a strong second with a 5-2 record against Team USA's 7-0 perfection. (RELATED: click here for ESPN's article about the games titled “Five lessons from World Cup of softball.”)
Here's a relatively little watched video capturing the excitement of the international contest...
