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Fact. Twelve (12) Major League baseballs per week are torn down and inspected for compliance at the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica. Rarely does a ball fail inspection. “Torn baseballs, Oh, the indignity. Handcrafted baseballs should never be subjected to such humiliation”. C ya next time.

Fact. The cover on a baseball is shaped like the # 8. A baseball has 108 double stitches. It takes 7 feet, 6inches of red waxed twine to keep the cover attached. C ya next time.

Fact. When you look at me, what’s the first thing you see? The word “Rawlings” across my beautiful white leather cover. Cuse’ me sir, you’re holding me upside down. My leather cover comes from cattle raised in Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. My cover is then tanned (dried, not the color) and bleached (this is color –white) in Tullahoma, Tennessee. “C ya next time”.

Fact. A baseball is 2.96 inches wide, or tall, depending on how you hold it. Since .04 of an inch is such a small number, we’re going to say a baseball is 3 inches wide(or tall). A foot is 12 inches long. Meaning there are 4 baseballs per foot (12 inches ÷3 inches). Multiply 4 x # of feet , to get how many baseballs tall an object is. Example – If I were 5 feet tall, I’d be 20 baseballs tall (4×5=20). I’m 5’9 inches (4×5=20, and 9″÷3″= 3) for total of 23 baseballs tall. Try to figure out your height. The same formula (4x ???) also works for distance. Just be sure to use a distance in feet. Isn’t height (tall), so much better than weight? C ya next time.

Circumference is how big around you are. C-i-r is first letters of circle and circumference. I wonder if there related? Fact: My circumference is 9.25 inches. In other words, that’s my waist, or hat size. I bet I’d look good in a hat. C ya next time.

A baseball gets its ” heaviness ” from three things. A small rubber ball center, string, and cowhide cover. The rubber ball center, known as the “pill” or “heart” weighs 1.25 ounces. String weighs 3.25- 3.50 ounces. String is called yarn by those of us who are baseball experts. Sometimes. Just kidding. And finally a cowhide cover weighing 0.5 ounces. That’s 1/2 an ounce for people good at math. C ya next time

As a professional baseball I weigh 5.25 ounces or 5 1/4 oz for those of you who like fractions. Most non professional balls (college, youth, high school, etc) use balls weighing 5 ounces. Don’t want to strain your arm with that extra .25 of an ounce. If you divide 16 ounces (1 pound) by 5.25, you will get 3.04. So basically 3. 3 baseballs equal 1 pound. Multiply your weight by 3 to get how much you weigh in baseballs. Example: 100 pound person weighs 300 baseballs (100 x 3). C ya next time

Bennie the Talking Ball is the central character in my book, Bennie is a ROMLB (Rawlings Official Major League Baseball) baseball. In this story, he’s going to break down a big league game from his perspective. Cute, and slightly humorous. Sure to be a Home Run for baseball fans. A Ball’s Game: The Ball Talks . Available at: https://www.Barnesandnoble.com/w/a-balls-game-stefan-mathis/1139977603. C ya next time.