I am sure the home team provides the balls, but like every other licensing issue with a major professional league, they can only use a very specific ball. I doubt it is that complicated or much of a standard to uphold. I am almost positive every ball used to start a game are new. And I am under the impression that the umpires take the "shine" off the balls with mud before the games.
Peace
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Let us get into "Good Trouble."
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Charles Michael “Mick” Chambers (1947-2010)
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