i need to know what a baseball was made of in the 80s and 90s and the weight and other specifics....thanx?
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In addition to the first poster, who is correct, MLB baseballs have a cork center.  This is surrounded by blue and red rubber (why the color difference, who knows), and then by string and wooly yarn... in several layers.  The string is the last item before the cover.  Then, the ball is stitched with 108 stitches of red yarn, which hold together 2 figure-8 sections of painted cowhide (they don't use horsehide anymore).  It's been this way, supposedly, since waaaaay back.  Oh, they would never juice the ball :p\n\nAlso, balls tend toward the smaller of the allowed dimensions: optimally, they are 5 oz, 9" in most leagues...
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go to the official home of Baseball:  www.mlb.com\nall official info there.
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Try the online Baseball Almanac. It has a very comprehensive list of just about anyone who picked up a bat in the 20th century.\n\nI don't remember the exact link, but use Google and type in "Baseball Almanac" and it should be the first link listed.
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http://www.baseballcorner.com/batguide.asp
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Baseballs were made on the spot. Some boy would take a wool sock and wrap it around a bullet, a piece of cork, some  some part of a rubber shoe. The winding of the wool was an art.\n\nOne of the first companies was the Reach & Shibe company out of Philadelphia in 1881. Reach was of the Philadelphia A's and Shibe owned a hardware store. Spadling bought them out in 1889.\n\nSpalding even said Reach on the ball until 1975.\n\nThere is an example of probably one of the first balls in baseball was found in a trunk in an attic of a friend of Doubleday.  It was hand wound and stiched in a x-pattern.
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You might want to check out KingPins.Com\n\nThe link below is a selection of baseball pins.\n\nI hope you can find what you are looking for
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Where did you find the first one? I would try the internet, or some other sports store. There is a store in MY mall, called Collector's Paradise, and they have them. They're like $80 though.
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These are very collectable. You can check e-bay for current prices. This will depend on the condition it is in.There are still a few companys making them they are very expensive. Most you find today were made in the 30s 40s and 50s.
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Not in '87:\n\nhttp://www.baseballcardshop.net/tbcs/19toppitpirb2.html\n\nNot in '88:\n\nhttp://www.baseballcardshop.net/tbcs/19topipibaca.html\n\nNot in '90:\n\nhttp://www.baseballcardshop.net/tbcs/19toppitpirb.html
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Buy a Beckett's Guide for values of cards.  If the '89 is a rookie card it will have value.  But I don't think he is one of the super stars that would bring much.  Also as a rule, the late 80s cards aren't worth a lot because there were so many produced.  Limited edition or graded superstar cards (A Nomar Garciaparra card rated a 9 is worth $100 for instance) have higher value.  What you really need is a Mickey Mantle rookie card.  Good luck.
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not sure exactly what you're looking for.... here's another timeline year by year....\n\nhttp://baseball-almanac.com/yearmenu.shtml
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When I played baseball in high school, we (my team) found an ld aluminum bat down in the basement of the school.  We used it for batting practice and then decided it would be cool for everyone to use it in the game.  Like I said, it was old and slightly cracked in some places.  We were playing against Carbon High and I came up with the bases loaded, got the perfect pitch, and unloaded a line drive to third, but all that was in my hand was the handle of the bat and the barrel was behind the pitcher.  Everything happend so fast, nobody really knoew what had just happened.  Unfortunatley, the third baseman caught the ball and ended the inning.  But I did break an aluminum bat, and it was pretty damn cool.  I don't recall the sound though, sorry that doesn't answer your question, but it's a cool story.
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One side of the baseball has the commissioner of baseball's imprinted signature.  A. Bartlett Giomatti was the comissioner of the National League from 1986- April 1989.  I was probably in that time period
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There is no standard weight for a bat -- different players like different weights.  Different players even like different woods.
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www.beckett.com\n\nOr go to a local baseball card shop and ask. It should be worth a lot of money.....
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there used to be a company called beckett. they also had some books out on all kinds of sports cards and what they're worth. check at a book store or a trading card store
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go to www.mlb/shop.com that will give you something