A new product designed just for softball players is set to disrupt the market on Wednesday when Markwort Sporting Goods Company introduces NEO Masks to the world. NEO is a unique fielder’s mask ...

No one had to tell Brentwood freshman Marina Mason to wear a mask this season when she was in the pitcher's circle. It's something she had already been doing as a fastpitch pitcher working her way up ...

Call it the Gasp Factor. As in, When something routinely happens in sports that makes fans gasp with alarm, it's time to take protective measures. And for softball, that moment may have arrived, given ...

There's not a lot of space between the pitcher's rubber and home plate in high school softball. It's 43 feet, to be exact...not a lot of response time on hard line drives up the middle. While many ...

Brianna Walski saw the hard-hit softball coming off the bat. The East Grand Forks Senior High pitcher couldn't react quickly enough to either catch the ball or avoid it. The ball glanced off the thumb ...

Culpeper softball pitcher Courtney Bock knows there’s a risk every time she steps on the pitching rubber. Bock, a senior, stands just 43 feet away from the opposing batter. A line drive hit back to ...

Which umpire mask is best? Umpire masks are an essential piece of safety equipment for calling baseball and softball games for players of all ages and skill levels. The average fastball thrown in ...

Mount Zion softball pitcher Ally Bruner's injury after being hit in the head by a line drive has sparked a discussion about the use of protective masks by players.