Greatest Baseballs of All Time
Baseball is ingrained in the American psyche and even if you move away from it as you get older and other things take priority you never really get it out of your blood. At the beating heart of the sport is the humble baseball.Whether you’ve been tasked with equipping your amateur team or you’re buying practice balls for your youngster we’ve got the best baseballs for all skill levels right here.
SKLZ Soft Cushioned Safety Baseballs
You wouldn’t throw children learning to swim right into the deep end of the pool and you shouldn’t subject kids just learning how to play ball to the risk of injury that comes with official Major League style baseballs. Those balls are nearly rock hard and when thrown at a high speed they can and do cause serious injury if they contact the player. Even big, strong MLB players. A much better idea is to acclimate your budding Major Leaguer to the game using Soft Cushioned Safety balls from SKLZ.
Rawlings Recreational Grade Baseballs
If you’re playing pickup baseball in the park with your friends having a single ball is pretty much SOP. Lengthy stoppages of play are the norm as the outfielder chases the ball down the street where it disappears under a car. If you play in a company league or coach Little League, however, you know that isn’t going to cut it. You need to keep the flow of playing going and the number 1 way of doing that is to have plenty of balls available in case one goes over the fence.
Rawlings Official 2019 MLB Baseballs
Rawlings has been the manufacturer of official Major League baseballs for decades now. So it only makes sense that they would be the company to create what amounts to the ultimate autograph collection vehicle. And that’s what this is. It’s a genuine Major League baseball, complete with the mile of wool and synthetic cord spun around the cork and rubber core and the genuine cowhide cover.
Wilson A1010s Blem Baseballs 12 Ball Pack
While Rawlings holds the exclusive contract to manufacture official Major League baseballs there are other companies like Wilson that manufacture baseballs that conform to MLB standards. They supply the hundreds of minor league and college teams that don’t have exclusive contracts with Rawlings. But like all companies in all industries, Wilson produces its fair share of rejects, which in this case they call “blems”. “Blems” being short for “blemished”.
But just because a ball has a single stitch out of place or a scratch on the surface doesn’t mean Wilson A1010s Blem Baseballs won’t still play like a real Major League ball. So the company gathers up these imperfect specimens and offers them at a discount to any interested parties. These blems are going to cost a bit more than standard recreational baseballs, but they’ve got the genuine cowhide cover and multi-layer spun wool interior recreational balls lack.