What is the difference between a yellow softball and a white softball?
February 25th, 2010 | 
Author: I recently got a white softball to warm up for try-outs that are coming up. In videos I see girls playing with yellow softballs. Is there a difference between the two?
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Just like golf balls, no difference, just for visibility.
the colours.
Yellow (and pale green) are supposed to be easier for the hitters to pick up. MLB tried it but the pitchers rebelled. The softball pitching rubber is closer and the softball moves as fast, so probably they decided it was only fair to give the hitters one little advantage.
Yellow ones are easier to spot in the air. But there is really no difference.
i really don’t think so, just the color
please help
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the only difference is the color, obviously. Yellow balls are yellow only because it is easier to see them with lesser light. if you have a white one you’re perfectly fine.
as everyone has said, the colors are different; but with the yellow balls, the seams rise up so you have a better grip. In regulation games they require you to have a specific ball, which are usually the yellow ones
Actually the yellow softballs do not show the effects of the beating of getting hit and hitting the ground, fences, etc. as readily and as much as the white softballs. Plus the umpires should be putting all softballs in play in the first inning to prevent one ball from getting super soft and then go to the brick of a back up ball.
Visibility is a plus but it is all about the durability of the ball. Everyone is finding the yellow softballs last longer.
PS MLB never tried yellow but Charlie Finley wanted to experiment with orange baseballs for TV visibility but the hitters could not pick up the spin of the breaking ball because of the red laces on orange cowhide. Now if the laces were white,… hmmm…..
The colored ones are supposed to be easier to see. It’s why crossing guards wear green now. As far as playability they’re identical…
They usually use white ones for slowpitch and Yellow ones for fastpitch.