To get baseballs ready for a major league game, they are rubbed with special dirt. This dirt allows the ball to be gripped better.
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Baseballs are not reused once it has been removed from the game. These balls get recycled into batting practice balls.
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.
In Major League Baseball, the club house attendents or umpires rub at least 5 dozen balls before each game.
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The only factory authorized by MLB to make their baseballs is one owned by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company in Turrialba, Costa Rica. Rawlings has the contract to supply MLB with baseballs through 2013.