No, it is a fake copy of his actual signature. The commissoner's name is Allan "Bud" Selig.
All baseballs used in Major League games have the Official Major League Seal on them, and a replica signature of the current commissioner.
No all baseballs are 9 inches around
not even close. They are the softest of all the balls.
All baseballs have a total of 108 stitches exactly.
Yes. www.leatherheadsports.com makes the lemon ball. It is made from American leather and is an older style of baseball.
Typically, assigned personnel will 'treat' all of the baseballs intended for use in the game with a 'mud' (dirt) to reduce the slickness associated with new baseballs. The mud assists players with their grip of the baseball and should help in the reduction of throwing errors.
All baseballs are made to weigh between 5 to 5 1/4 ounces.
I'm sure they sold souvenir baseballs with stamped signatures. I don't know if they sold authentic hand signed baseballs towards the later days that the Stadium was open. If the baseball was bought before the 1990's chances are greater that it is a souvenir stamped baseball. Ballparks have only recently started to sell authentic hand signed baseballs in souvenirs shops. With a stamped signature baseball the ink would be too consistent. When you sign your name, you use different angles, and pressure as you sign. This is more evident when signing with sharpie. Some parts of the signature will be darker, or lighter depending on the pressure you put on the pen, or sharpie. With a stamped signature it is usually all the same density, and thickness. When you cross a "T", or at the end of your signature you might tail off as you come off the page. A stamped signature might start, and end with no variation at all.
There all a few of baseballs alternate names. These are a few names. Rounders, Batter Batter, Base play.
1978 Rawlings All Star Game BaseballsRawlings started to make All-Star baseballs in 1979 that features The All-Star logo. Before 1979 Official Major League baseballs were used. National league baseballs were used when the game was played in a National League Park, and American League baseballs in American League parks. Rawlings first started to make World Series baseballs in 1978 that features The World Series logo.
There originally was no regulations for dimensions for stadiums and since there used to be no commissioner of baseball nobody made any rules. So by the time there was a commissioner all the stadiums were already built and he probably didn't want to go through all the trouble of rebuilding all the stadiums since, it wasn't that big of a deal.
A type of oil mixed with dirt, the same kind of stuff they put on baseballs. baseballs ARE NOT rubbed with oil.. MLB are rubbed with a special MUD which is found in a secret place. All baseball are rubbed WITH ONLY this mud as specified in MLB rules and regs.