Very easy:
1. put the softball on the worksheet
2. size & position the ball
3. open the Drawing toolbar
4. put a TextBox on top of the softball
5. enter the text
6. click in the text
7. right-click in frame and select
Format Textbox...
8 click on the Colors and Lines tab
9. set the transparency to 100% (to view the softball below)
10. set the line color to no line
