Rawlings | Official League Recreational Use Practice Baseballs | Youth/8U | OLB3 | Bucket | 24 Count

I am not the typical person to complain about a product. I researched this product and read many complaints about these being cheap balls and falling apart. I thought to myself, Yeah Right, they are baseballs they are not just going to fall apart. I have used these balls for the past for weeks, with my three children: my son is 12 and plays little league baseball and middle school baseball, my daughter is 11 and plays park and rec softball and middle school softball, and my other daughter is 9 and plays little league baseball. We only practice on the weekend, one day, for about 2 hours (cause they are always at practice and games any other time). Already, after 4 uses, half of the balls in the bucket are damaged. By damage I mean, the outer synthetic plastic covering is torn, missing a piece, bunched up, bubbled, or the threading is tear away. This balls are at a cheap price, because they are really actually cheaply made. I will never by a synthetic ball again, Ill invest the extra money next time on some real leather balls or actual baseballs. These balls were so bad, I told myself that I have to take the time to write a review so other people know how bad they actually are. My children and I would highly recommend buying another ball, you will be disappointed with these. Thank you for your time!

My brother started playing baseball this year. So my hubby bought this to practice with him. They feel good. Work as expected. Held up to being hit all day long. Good price

the good old bucket of b-balls to throw around playing catch with the kid!

These balls are good for batting practice because they don’t have as much exit velocity as a standard ball, so they are safer if you don’t have a pitching screen. They also are not ruined by wet grass. They can lose shape a little if balls are crushed, but that is ok for BP.

Overall, a good practice ball for 8U for the price. I was able to buy it at $39.99 or $1.67 per ball. Great deal at that price. Its not real leather, so it does scuff easier and is softer than real leather baseballs and gets a little slick. I would use this for pitching practice. But its a great general ball for fielding and works well in machines. Good buy for general practice balls for younger teams.

After a single use they are showing some wear already. However, these were bought with the full intention of being throw away baseballs. I was hoping to get a little lucky that they would last longer. At this rate I dont think the majority of these baseballs will make it to the end of our baseball season.

Update: These baseballs have made it through a couple of seasons now with multiple practices a week. I have since ordered better balls, and do find myself skipping over these and grabbing one of the better balls, especially when Im working with pitchers. As stated before, the seams on these just dont stick up as much. Ive since moved onto these: Rawlings RCALI Cal Ripken Baseballs. The Cal Ripken balls are much much better, but...they should be since one dozen of those costs as much as two dozen of these. If youre looking for high quality balls, these are not it. If youre looking for decent practice balls, these are a good buy! Original Review: Arrived on time. Needed more baseballs for practice. These fit the budget. They are not the highest quality, nor the lowest. The seams dont stick out as far like they do on more expensive baseballs, but for the price and the fact that I am using them solely for practice, they work perfectly. Will buy more when I need more.

These are working out great for practice with our 11U baseball player.

Good Quality

Got it for u8 and planning on using for t baller. Too hard and feels too synthetic. Our ll uses diamond dfx l5. I really liked them and I’ll probably get a dozen of those instead