I'm just curious what you guys used. I played a lot of baseball growing up and I remember we always used Rawlings baseballs We used Little League baseballs as kids and used Official League baseballs as bigger kids. I have a few survivors around from then(-80s-early 90s) that I can still sort of read and are still perfectly playable. We always played with the leather covered ones when we could get them. And every now and then an MLB, then by leagues, ball would show up. The AL balls were blue print and the NL black. We coveted them. Also Rawlings balls. I seem to maybe remember a few other brands, like Worth and Spalding. But mostly Rawlings.
So now my son plays and I coach. And we are good and having a lot of fun. But if you haven't bought baseballs in 25 years, well holy crap.
I get the basic difference in balls. So for my tee ball team I bought what I assume is the same little league ball we grew up with, the Rawlings Little league RLLb1. Since then I have refilled with these Ripken league Rawlings balls R14ucal. I thought they would be the same but they are not. The seams are narrower like a MLB ball but they have the same core and cover.
Anyway our league uses Diamond DOL 1 I think all the way from T Ball thru u10 or u12. I think it is basically the same as the Rawlings Little league ball. I don't even remember Diamond being a brand but obviously after reading 5 minutes on Google they are a big name.
So what balls do you see or use in the leagues you are involved in?
So now my son plays and I coach. And we are good and having a lot of fun. But if you haven't bought baseballs in 25 years, well holy crap.
I get the basic difference in balls. So for my tee ball team I bought what I assume is the same little league ball we grew up with, the Rawlings Little league RLLb1. Since then I have refilled with these Ripken league Rawlings balls R14ucal. I thought they would be the same but they are not. The seams are narrower like a MLB ball but they have the same core and cover.
Anyway our league uses Diamond DOL 1 I think all the way from T Ball thru u10 or u12. I think it is basically the same as the Rawlings Little league ball. I don't even remember Diamond being a brand but obviously after reading 5 minutes on Google they are a big name.
So what balls do you see or use in the leagues you are involved in?