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Originally Posted by steve B
Have you tried cutting it open yet? I'd bet the cube protected the ball even though it melted.
Most easily available plastics melt around 212 ish.. Although there are high temperature versions (and even radiation blocking versions)
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Protected the ball from what? The ball can survive 350º F, whether inside a ball cube or not. If there were no cube, the ball goes on its merry way, impervious to that temperature. If inside, the cube melts, and covers the ball with melted plastic. Does the soft plastic damage the ball in any way--say by adhering to the surface, or leaching into it? I don't know. But I'd rather not find out with a Babe Ruth signed ball.
If my choice is that my signed baseballs get covered in melted plastic, or don't get covered in melted plastic, I'll choose the latter.