Alyssa and Matt Drufke from the comedy show Still Not Friday talk about 16 inch softball.
Show Notes:
- ABC-7: ‘Chicago’s game’: 16-inch softball, created on Near South Side, celebrates 135th anniversary
- Encyclopedia of Chicago:Softball, 16-Inch
- Loop North News: The Home Front
- Chicago History Museum: Indoor Baseball in Chicago:
- Block Club Chicago: The Mangled History Of 16-Inch Softball Hands: Mallets, Swan Necks And Jersey Fingers
- Chicago Tribune: Five facts about 16-inch softball
- Chicago Reader: Searching for lovable losers? Sixteen-inch softball is the answer
- Chicago Reader: Sticks and stones will break your bones, and so will 16-inch softball
- Chicago Reader: Here’s the Pitch
- Block Club Chicago: After 10 Years On The Bench, Park District Revives Co-Ed 16-Inch Softball: ‘We Got To Bring The Game Back’
- New York Times: Gloveless Players Hold on to Softball Dreams
- Block Club Chicago: Alderpeople Vs. Chicago Cops In 16-Inch Softball: ‘This Is The Best We’ve Gotten Along All Year
- Axios: Kegger softball is a real thing
- WGN: Jammed, broken, bent: Chicago’s own 16-inch softball comes with its own badge of honor
- Chicago Sun-Times: Elena Kagan played Chicago-style 16-inch softball at U of Chicago
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