Most are put into the teams practice balls. A lot of balls go to the stands though all you have to do is sit close to the dugout and tell the bat boy that you would like a game ball so far i have gotten 5 balls out of the 9 times I have asked for one pretty good odds in my opinion. considering that during the course of a game a Major League game that is over 300 balls are used.
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To get baseballs ready for a major league game, they are rubbed with special dirt. This dirt allows the ball to be gripped better.
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.
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.
The National League Spalding baseballs along with the American League Reach Baseballs (owned by Spalding) were used in Major league baseball for about 100 years until Rawlings took over in 1977, and Rawlings have been making major league baseballs ever since.
Baseballs are not reused once it has been removed from the game. These balls get recycled into batting practice balls.