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

Well I guess I was confused as to what I was ordering, because buying 2 dozen in a bucket (this product) is not the same as buying the 1 dozen. The one dozen is actually leather baseballs, and this product is the synthetic (plastic) covered ball. I should have paid more attention to what product I was ordering, so for what I got I guess that this is actually a fair price and quality. But for what I THOUGHT I was getting, this is no where near. I am a high school baseball coach so I am looking at getting balls for cage work and field/game use. I am looking to buy them in bulk so I am always shopping for the best price. Since these balls were the cheapest I instinctively went for these without looking at all the details. The silver lining is that I only ordered this one bucket and I can still use these for soft-toss and tee work, so not a total loss. Again, this was my fault, but just know that this bucket of 2 dozen balls ARE NOT REAL BASEBALLS (leather), they are plastic.

After reading some of the reviews, I was super nervous about buying these but my 10 year old needed to practice his batting. Well...after three months of regularly hitting these balls into a net, theyre holding up perfectly fine. Yes they have some wear and no, theyre not the best balls in the world, but for the price, Im very pleased. Maybe some of the reviewers have older kids who hit much harder, but for my kid, theyre perfect. Ive attached a photo, this is the average wear on these balls after three months....not bad in my opinion.

Perfect balls for my son

Not leather balls. These are the plastic balls that feel like junk in your hand.

Given as gifts in shoe box ministry

Use these for tee ball. They work great.

These do have some rubber to them, not fully “real baseballs”

Some of the balls had dirty fingerprints while others were scuffed. I can only assume they were already played with. For nearly $50 I would expect to at least received balls without mud dried to them. Unfortunately my son didn’t want to wait for new ones so I guess this is one of those ‘live and learn’ situations for me.

Excellence value for money. Exatcly what I expect.

We bought this so my young boys could learn how to play baseball and not have to keep chasing 1 ball down after every hit. The balls held up well all season and some have even survived my puppy chewing on them. They feel softer than normal baseballs, but still are solid enough that they will hurt some if you get hit with one and youre not ready for it.