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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 12:50am
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Baden balls aren't too bad.
Interesting. The word I'm getting is they are junk.
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 10:03am
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Interesting. The word I'm getting is they are junk.
I've seen them and used them and they soften up REALLY fast and they scuff VERY easily....other than that they're not bad.

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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 10:44am
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I've seen them and used them and they soften up REALLY fast and they scuff VERY easily....other than that they're not bad.

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FWIW, basketball coaches I've talked to don't like the Baden ball, either.
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 01:20pm
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FWIW, basketball coaches I've talked to don't like the Baden ball, either.
Pretty hard to throw a curve ball with a Baden basketball...

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I have however seen a rising fastball thrown with a basketball? Maybe it was just an illusion????????????????
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I have however seen a rising fastball thrown with a basketball? Maybe it was just an illusion????????????????


AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

No, no more rising fastballs, they make me blink. LOL!
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 09:02pm
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I have however seen a rising fastball thrown with a basketball? Maybe it was just an illusion????????????????
Now THAT'S funny, I don't care who you are...
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Now THAT'S funny, I don't care who you are...
Funny..ha ha or funny...nevermind...
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 05:23pm
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Interesting. The word I'm getting is they are junk.
Well, they are better than the Pro Nine's I got last week. Now there's a junkie baseball!
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 07:15pm
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Baseballs provided in these parts by HS teams are high percentage Diamond D1's, followed by Wilson 1010 and Rawlings (forgot number). I am familiar with other baseballs from youth league play but all I recall from HS play is Diamond, Wilson and Rawlings. AD Starr makes some good balls. I have seen Baden (rare though), but I have never seen a Pro-Nine ball.
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Old Fri Nov 13, 2009, 08:02pm
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...but I have never seen a Pro-Nine ball.
Thank your lucky stars and/or the deity of your choosing.
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or my all time worst....
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Thank your lucky stars and/or the deity of your choosing.

AD Starr.......can be had with the NFHS and all other youth ball orgs markings as well....but all in all a crap baseball......by the second inning they will bear no markings at all ... the leather will be turned to suede......by the third inning, they will be noticebly soft and oft times out of round.......
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Old Mon Nov 16, 2009, 02:41pm
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Thank your lucky stars and/or the deity of your choosing.
Man speaks truth. Of the ones I have seen, the Pro 9 is discernibly the worst feeling, worst performing baseball (I'll take your word on the Baden). The Pro 9 is also about the cheapest.

And the one school around here that uses them exclusively is a school that sits in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America.
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Just a thought, maybe we should be spending less time worrying about our balls??
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Old Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:22am
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Just a thought, maybe we should be spending less time worrying about our balls??
Speak for yourself, I use a Shock Doctor Carbon Flex myself.
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