Baseballs Autographed

[zjlwolves3]

I recently had a thread about this as well, but I have a few more questions.

The ROMLB's I bought at the store came in a display cube. Are these OK to use or should I shell out a few more dollars and buy a Ultropro Ball Cube?

The baseball (with the cube included) I bought, at the bottom of the packaging, said, "Assembled in Costa Rica". I know Costa Rica balls are bad, but does "Assembled in Costa Rica" mean that the balls themselves were made in Costa Rica?

I had Nyjer Morgan side panel one baseball for me. Would it be a good idea to have future Brewers scrubs sign the same ball even if they never played on the Brewers with Nyjer and were on a different team when he was in Milwaukee?

I'm sorry to bug you guys with more questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[TTMcardMaster]

Those cubes are fine.

[Sawks14]

I recently had a thread about this as well, but I have a few more questions.

The ROMLB's I bought at the store came in a display cube. Are these OK to use or should I shell out a few more dollars and buy a Ultropro Ball Cube?

The baseball (with the cube included) I bought, at the bottom of the packaging, said, "Assembled in Costa Rica". I know Costa Rica balls are bad, but does "Assembled in Costa Rica" mean that the balls themselves were made in Costa Rica?

I had Nyjer Morgan side panel one baseball for me. Would it be a good idea to have future Brewers scrubs sign the same ball even if they never played on the Brewers with Nyjer and were on a different team when he was in Milwaukee?

I'm sorry to bug you guys with more questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

...Costa Rica balls are bad?

To the best of my knowledge all ROMLB are made in Costa Rica. The RON/ALB were made in Costa Rica as well towards the end of of their run starting in 89 or 90 through 99.

Haitian balls have a reputation for blemishing up a lot. It has to do with the water they used during the tanning process of the leather. Its part of the reason they moved the operation to Costa Rica. After the move some of the balls still had a toning problem but it got a lot better. National League or American League balls with "Haiti" or "Costa Rica" printed under the "Rawlings" have a good chance of toning. That said I have an Eddie Mathews signed RONLB with 0 toning and it has the "Costa Rica" printing so it is hit or miss. Not too long after the move to Costa Rica they stopped printing Costa Rica on the balls- those are the ones you want as far as league balls go. They have a chance at toning but not as much as the printed ones and certainly not as much as the Haiti ones.

As for ROMLB-like I said I believe they are all made in Costa Rica. With technology and quality control being what it is they are as good as its ever going to be. Once in a great while you see a ROMLB with a toning spot but they are nowhere near as common as RON/ALB and are miles ahead of any other ball on the market for graphing.

As for the cube....its a cheap plastic cube. Leave it in the light and it'll take the damage. Most Ultrapro or other secondary market cubes are the same BUT there are UV protected cubes that SHOULD block all harmful rays. Ultrapro does make one that goes for $3-8 depending where your at. Theres a local Olympia Sports that sells them for $3 so whenever I need a cube I grab one from there.

Hope this helps.

[zjlwolves3]

...Costa Rica balls are bad?

To the best of my knowledge all ROMLB are made in Costa Rica. The RON/ALB were made in Costa Rica as well towards the end of of their run starting in 89 or 90 through 99.

Haitian balls have a reputation for blemishing up a lot. It has to do with the water they used during the tanning process of the leather. Its part of the reason they moved the operation to Costa Rica. After the move some of the balls still had a toning problem but it got a lot better. National League or American League balls with "Haiti" or "Costa Rica" printed under the "Rawlings" have a good chance of toning. That said I have an Eddie Mathews signed RONLB with 0 toning and it has the "Costa Rica" printing so it is hit or miss. Not too long after the move to Costa Rica they stopped printing Costa Rica on the balls- those are the ones you want as far as league balls go. They have a chance at toning but not as much as the printed ones and certainly not as much as the Haiti ones.

As for ROMLB-like I said I believe they are all made in Costa Rica. With technology and quality control being what it is they are as good as its ever going to be. Once in a great while you see a ROMLB with a toning spot but they are nowhere near as common as RON/ALB and are miles ahead of any other ball on the market for graphing.

As for the cube....its a cheap plastic cube. Leave it in the light and it'll take the damage. Most Ultrapro or other secondary market cubes are the same BUT there are UV protected cubes that SHOULD block all harmful rays. Ultrapro does make one that goes for $3-8 depending where your at. Theres a local Olympia Sports that sells them for $3 so whenever I need a cube I grab one from there.

Hope this helps.

Just so you know, baseballs are being made in both the US and Costa Rica currently.

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.js....1164776#green - - - United States

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.js...id=body_rv_img - - - Costa Rica

Thanks for the help and the info!

[Sawks14]

Just so you know, baseballs are being made in both the US and Costa Rica currently.

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.js....1164776#green - - - United States

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.js...id=body_rv_img - - - Costa Rica

Thanks for the help and the info!

Nope. Not sure why the double listing but they are all made in Costa Rica.

http://www.discovery.com/area/skinny...6/skinny1.html

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=9828



A simple google search will show thousands of other sources that state Rawlings balls are made in Costa Rica.

So I'll go back to my original question- how can Costa Rica balls be bad when they're all Costa Rican?

All pettiness aside-ROMLB is king of the hill for autos. Anything else is nowhere near as good. As for cubes the best you can get is something that explicitly states it provides UV protection. Anything else lets light in and light does this: to autos.

[zjlwolves3]

Nope. Not sure why the double listing but they are all made in Costa Rica.

http://www.discovery.com/area/skinny...6/skinny1.html

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=9828



A simple google search will show thousands of other sources that state Rawlings balls are made in Costa Rica.

So I'll go back to my original question- how can Costa Rica balls be bad when they're all Costa Rican?

All pettiness aside-ROMLB is king of the hill for autos. Anything else is nowhere near as good. As for cubes the best you can get is something that explicitly states it provides UV protection. Anything else lets light in and light does this: to autos.

The two links I gave to you were to two different baseballs. If you scroll to the bottom of each page, one items lists the country of origin as the US and the other Costa Rica. But I suppose it doesn't really matter.