I think you are looking at it from the wrong point of view. Playing baseball starts at a very young age - 4,5,6 years old. At that point the game is, more or

I think you are looking at it from the wrong point of view. Playing baseball starts at a very young age - 4,5,6 years old. At that point the game is, more or less, a subset of the baseball rules. As a player gets older, they add more rules but aren't really modifying the existing ones that you've already learned. It's a really nice system. At some point, softball branches off. The rules are generally parallel to each other so switching between the two is just a matter of calibrating your mindset and equipment. You can say that there is a vast difference between them and be right. But you can also say that they are nearly the same and be right.