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2. Baseball (ball) - Wikipedia

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   A typical baseball. A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball. It consists of a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with white natural horsehide or cowhide, or a synthetic composite leather. A regulation baseball is 9 to 9.25 inches (229 to 235 mm) in circumference i.e. 2.86 to 2.94 inches (73 to 75 mm) in diameter ...

3. Baseball bat - Wikipedia

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   The bat is designed to hit balls tossed up in the air by the batter, not pitched balls. [31] Typical fungo bats are 35 to 37 inches (89 to 94 cm) long and weigh 17 to 22 ounces (480 to 620 g). Coaches hit many balls during fielding practice, and the weight and length allow the coach to hit balls repeatedly with high accuracy.

4. Corked bat - Wikipedia

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   Using a corked bat in Major League Baseball is in violation of Rule 6.03 (a)(5), which states A batter is out for illegal action when: (5) He uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire's judgment, has been altered or tampered with in such a way to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball.

5. Roki Sasaki's first live batting practice draws a crowd at ...

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   GLENDALE, Ariz. — For the first time in a Dodgers uniform, 23-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki threw to hitters Wednesday in front of a gigantic crowd of spectators, the likes of which rarely ...

6. Where do MLB baseballs come from? Cargill cattle, of course - AOL

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   From Tennessee, every week about 23,000 square feet of finished leather heads to Costa Rica for hand-stitching into baseballs at the Rawlings plant there, which produces 2.4 million baseballs a year.

7. Batting cage - Wikipedia

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   The batting cages at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, Arkansas in May 2017. A batting cage (or tunnel) is an enclosed area for baseball or softball players to practice the skill of batting. The optimal material for batting cages is netting, and they are typically rectangular in shape.

8. Inside a Shohei Ohtani batting practice, the biggest ... - AOL

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   And even in a routine batting practice Friday, he still put on a show for the several hundred fans and reporters gathered to watch at Camelback Ranch. Of his 26 swings, 13 were home runs.

9. Batting (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. The three main goals of batters are to become a baserunner , to drive runners home or to advance runners along the bases for others to drive home, but the techniques ...