ELKTON â The first Cecil County Special Olympics softball program in at least 20 years will begin this Saturday, April 11, with a practice at the Pine Grove Sports Bar fields in Elkton at 11 a.m. Pat Cullinan, the director for Special Olympics in Cecil, Harford and Kent County, said he chose softball partially due to personal experience, since he started and ran a similar program in Harford for 19 years. Slow Pitch Softball makes for a good starting sport, as the slow pace of play makes it accessible to most special needs athletes. âThe easiest sport that we have for anybody to play, regardless of athletic ability is something like Bocce, where all youâre doing is rolling a ball in front of you,â said Cullinan. âSoftball, in my opinion, is not that much further down the road in terms of what it takes â basic hand eye coordination, running ability, catching ability, hitting the ball â those things are generally pretty easy.â