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My first guess was that the centre of the baseball, without the leather, could fit through the mouth. Then the baseball is carefully re-stitched. If that’s the
by hinoki 6y ago
My first guess was that the centre of the baseball, without the leather, could fit through the mouth. Then the baseball is carefully re-stitched.
If that’s the way it was done, it would need quite a bit of skill and patience!
- raldi 6y agoIt's apparently extremely difficult even to stitch up a baseball without the jar.
- stevage 6y agoTo be fair though, the baseball doesn't have to perform like a normal baseball afterwards, or even submit to very close inspection. The bottom part would only have to look like it is properly stitched.
- noman-land 6y agoJust to add a little color here. In person you can easily inspect all sides of the jar and ball, and there's just enough room in the jar to spin the baseball around. It sorta rattles around in the jar.
- ww520 6y agoMost baseball cores are made of wood cork. When socked in hot water, it can be "cooked" until soft. Then it can be squeezed into the bottle. When dried, the cork restores to its original round shape and hardness.
- aj7 6y agoEven if this were attempted successfully, around the baseball is uniformly spun thin yarn. The round shape is created by doing this accurately. And then you tightly sew the horsehide halves together? Are you kidding me?