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Originally Posted by bigj7489
The Cal League in particular at one time allowed inferior grades of balls to be used...club sourced, ESPECIALLY the co-op teams. I have an old Fresno Suns ball that was stamped with local sponsors and has a spongy, almost-plasticy hide. Had about 10 of them at one time...and they were definitely in play, caught them myself.
That's been 20+ years ago though. Haven't come across a non-standard Cal League ball since at least the early 90's.
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A team partly owned by Kevin Costner was accused of using inferior balls a few years back and the game was called. They were getting their baseballs from a local sporting goods store to save money. I'm pretty sure that all minor leagues now use Rawlings baseballs.