You guessed it: It has to do with visibility. Indeed, the specific color of a standard NCAA softball is optic yellow (with an RGB of 223,255,79).

Marissa Capparelli gently cradled the fluorescent yellow softball in her hands throughout the postgame interview as if it were as fragile as an egg. It wasn’t, but the Rosary junior wasn&#821… ...

For five years, Ryan Huizdos played Little League baseball with the help of a bright yellow ball. He's legally blind because of albinism, so he used an easier-to-see, optic-yellow ball. No one ...

Crawfordsville softball player David Long Sr. found his family during summer nights in Montgomery County. Why he's now retiring after 67 years.

After a three-year legal scuffle, Ryan, who is in his final year of Little League, heads into the 2018 season with a special waiver allowing the optic-yellow ball to be used when he's at bat ...

In theory, there was one man on first. Members of the Huntington Cougars softball team were in the field as the ball flew over the diamond and was caught by an outfielder. “He’s going, he’s ...

Kamryn Warman then tapped a ground ball to pitcher Lexi Ray, and the Yellow Jackets threw Case out at home on a pitcher’s choice. With the bases still loaded and two outs, the Eagles needed Kennedy ...

Then she leans back, putting her weight on one leg, winds her arms and hurls a neon-yellow softball at the batter. More often than not, she strikes that batter out.