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Standard
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Allan
H. Selig This is the current ball used in the Major Leagues. It features the stamped signature of Commissioner Bud Selig. |
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Game-used
ball Same as above except this is a game-used ball; gamers are rubbed with special mud to reduce the slickness and glare. |
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Gene
A. Budig Each league used to have its own ball. Budig was the president of the American League from 1994-1999. |
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Leonard
S. Coleman Jr. Coleman was the president of the National League from 1994-1999. |
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Bobby
Brown Brown was the president of the American League from 1984-1994. |
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William
D. White White was the president of the National League from 1989-1994. |
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Made
in Haiti Balls were made in Haiti until 1989. A few of them were still floating around the following season when I caught my first four. |
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Made
in Costa Rica Rawlings moved. |
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Costa
Rica, Part II Balls are still made in Costa Rica, but shortly after the move, the words disappeared. Why? Because the balls are technically "assembled" there; the components come from all over the world. Import/export laws no longer required those words to be there. |
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BLEM Good enough for batting practice but not good enough for games, these blemished balls were stamped and sold at a discount to teams throughout the 90s. |
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NL
practice ball Some practice balls simply had "PRACTICE" stamped on them. |
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NL
regular ball Others didn't. ("RO-N" stands for Rawlings Official-National.) |
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MLB
practice balls Current practice balls are stamped differently. |
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Green
training ball In 2006 several teams used these balls during BP. They were cheap and ugly and made in China...not that I have anything against China. |
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Blue
training ball These have been used ever since, primarily in batting practice by the Nationals. |
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