Baseball-related emojis

[Crissov]

Although there is a Baseball emoji ⚾️, other parts (Bat, Glove) and variants (Softball) of the game may deserve separate characters.

A baseball bat may be unified with a more generic club emoji.

Petitions

• change.org: Softball → Baseball ⚾️ U+26BE
• iPetitions: Softball → Baseball ⚾️ U+26BE
• Emoji Request: Baseball Glove
• Emoji Request: Baseball Bat

[Crissov]

Willcom had separate emojis for a Baseball (P.27, J+F05A) and a Baseball Bat with Ball (P.28, J+F05B). Softbank (22, J+F956) had only the latter, NTT Docomo (22, J+F8B4) and KDDI au (45, J+EB93) only the former.

[Crissov]

• https://www.change.org/p/michelle-obama-softball-emoji
• https://www.change.org/p/apple-softball-needs-an-emoji-before-2020

[Crissov]

Proposals

• Softball (i.e. yellow baseball): L2/17-184
• Softball: L2/17-277: Consolidated sports emoji proposals

The candidate emojis for Unicode 11 include a Softball emoji as U+1F94E. http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17284-emoji-recs.pdf

[Crissov]

I will keep this emoji open for Baseball Bat, Baseball Glove or Baseball Player (Pitcher or Batter) emojis.