lauen+Miller

The Colombian Exchange has made the world completely different, both new and old world, and if the Colombian Exchange didn't happen we would;nt have softball! Softballs and baseballs are made completely different. The softball was made in 1887 in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day. The middle of the softball is made from cork and a rubber mixture. The cork is from old world and was made in 1760. Rubber is from old world and was made in 1852 from Charles Goodyear. Vinyl was also in the softball which is also what records are made out of. Vinyl is from old world. When you put all the mixture together you have to stich up the actual ball with yarn. Yarn was made in 1891 but not used until 1911. That is also old world. The actual softball is old world. Softball bats were first made up of wood. Wood is old world and had been around since the dinasoar ages. The first aluminum bat was made from the Worth Company in 1970. Aluminum was invented in 1787 but was'nt extracted until 1852. The bat was also old world. Composite and titanium are also what softball bats are made of too. Both compostite and titanium are from old world. Titanuim is from 1932. A softball glove,most of them, are made out of leather. Leather is from animal skin so that is old world. If the Colombian Exchange never happened, then all these materials wouldn't have been the way they are now. Softball wouldn't be the way it is now without the Colombian Exchange.