I remember those days – A new baseball costs 25 cents. No one had that much so when the stitching started falling apart, dad always had some electrician tape we could use. (It only cost a nickle a roll) If you did it “just right” you got another couple months out of it. And by that time we would have collected enough bottles to ‘trade-in’ to buy another new “official” baseball. A few years later along came Little League baseball and things were never the same. Always throw in some organizing adults and some “genius” business men and soon you have soccer mom’s with not enough time on their hands and dad’s who live in a fantasy world. js
mccollunsky almost 2 years ago
A very officially loved ball.
Ambush Kitten almost 2 years ago
That brings back memories. And taped bats too. Ahhh… the good old days. :-)
Troglodyte almost 2 years ago
You don’t say, CB! Other balls wouldn’t be a patch on it.
JamesT almost 2 years ago
If you keep that up CB you will be playing softball for the season opener!
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I remember those days – A new baseball costs 25 cents. No one had that much so when the stitching started falling apart, dad always had some electrician tape we could use. (It only cost a nickle a roll) If you did it “just right” you got another couple months out of it. And by that time we would have collected enough bottles to ‘trade-in’ to buy another new “official” baseball. A few years later along came Little League baseball and things were never the same. Always throw in some organizing adults and some “genius” business men and soon you have soccer mom’s with not enough time on their hands and dad’s who live in a fantasy world. js
paulscon almost 2 years ago
When I was a kid I thought that’s how balls came. Also bats were fixed with electrical tape.
Templo S.U.D. almost 2 years ago
good for you, Charlie Brown