Anyone know about red baseballs????

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Posted By: Rob L

Picked this baseball up and it has numerous areas on the ball that shows that it was originally red. The only baseballs that I know about that were red were the Peck and Snyder "Dead ball". Anyone know if there were other red colored baseballs?

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Posted By: jay behrens

It could have been hand died. During the winter, we would play with baseballs and softballs that were red so that they were easier to find in the snow.
Jay

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Posted By: warshawlaw

of course, that's the fault of those kilts...

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Posted By: hankron

As someone who grew up near Jay's Minnesota, we used to play baseball in winter-- using a white baaseball! Not a smart thing. I don't know who had it worse, the pitcher who had to hold the frozen ball with his bare hand or the hitter who had to trust the accuracy of the pitcher thowing an slippery ball.