How Baseballs Are Made 🤔

The baseball starts with a round cork. It's coated in rubber to form the core, then tumbled and glued to coat it. Next, a thousand feet of yarn is wrapped around the core in three different thicknesses, and this gives the ball its bounce. Finally, two figure-eight leather pieces are placed over it, and a worker uses red cotton thread to make exactly 108 stitches, binding the pieces together.

The ball is rolled and pressed to tighten the stitches and smooth the surface. The ball is rolled and pressed to tighten the stitches and smooth the surface. And each ball is tested before being sent to the field.