Baseball Travel Bug
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Owner:
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Chicago5
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Released:
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Origin:
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Mississippi, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of DuMachael.
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To travel to as many caches as possible to answer the question: "What Are Baseballs Made Of?"
What Are Baseballs Made of? Almost everyone has handled a baseball, but not too many know what a baseball is made of. A baseball needs to be hard, but it also has to have some bounce to it. Unlike so many other sports balls, it is not filled with air, but with a combination of cork, rubber, wool and leather.
The Core: The core of a baseball is made out of cork. It is sometimes called "the pill."
The Cushion: Surround the cork center of a baseball are two thin wrappings made of rubber.
The Stuffing: Each baseball is wound with almost 370 yards of wool yarn over the cork and rubber in multiple stages, with each stage being a different thickness and color. The different colors identify the different stages of winding the wool onto the ball for the ball's makers.
The Cover: Baseballs are covered with rubber cement, and then a cover of stitched white cowhide is applied. The cover of a Major League ball is stitiched by hand exactly 216 times with 88 inches of red thread.
19th Century baseballs had little uniformity since they were homemade. Eventually they gave way to factory-made balls that had a rubber core. The cork-cored ball was introduced after 1910 and become the standard. It has changed little since that time.
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