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BALLE MOLLE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

softball: an item in the "Sports Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

balle molle : objet de la classe «Équipement de sport» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A team game of seven innings closely resembling baseball but played on a smaller diamond with a larger ball under rules requiring an underhand pitch and forbidding a base runner to take lead until the ball is pitched.

OBS

softball: term used by the Pan American Games Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Le softball est une sorte de base-ball pour gens calmes. Très en vogue de nos jours en Amérique du Nord, il est basé sur les mêmes règles que ce dernier. Toutefois la balle est plus volumineuse, et le lanceur doit la jeter par le bas, ce qui rend ce sport moins dur que le base-ball.

OBS

Les organismes «Softball Canada» et «Softball Québec» utilisent le terme «softball» tandis que les ligues régionales emploient surtout l'expression «balle molle».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
DEF

Modalidad de béisbol en que juegan diez individuos por equipo, en un campo de pequeñas dimensiones y con la bola mucho mayor y más blanda [...]

OBS

softbol: término utilizado por la Sociedad de los Juegos Panamericanos.

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Record 3 2015-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A large ball used in the game of softball, measuring twelve inches in circumference.

CONT

Softball Ball Standards. Only softballs with a .47 COR will be legal for use in interscholastic competition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Béisbol y softball
CONT

El equipo que está en las puntas se pasará la pelota de sóftbol tratando de que no sea interceptada por el equipo central.

OBS

La pelota es ligeramente más grande que en el béisbol, fabricada según el mismo modelo: un hilo de nylon que rodea un núcleo de caucho y de corcho. El conjunto se recubre de una capa de látex sobre la que se cosen dos bandas de cuero.

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