Ah, that makes sense. Makes me curious about how it has changed over the years. Cork and rubber were probably not always part of it?
It's changed alot. At one point was all rubber. Heck, even now it's different because they wind the thread tighter.
One of the best things for my ADD is to cut one up. Remove the leather and then start unrolling the yarn and threads like a cat playing with a toy. Something peaceful about it.
Beat Western Carolina 17-3 yesterday. Nice to do to a bad midweek team what we should do to them for a change. Big Series at Jr. this weekend. Winning 2 of 3 would be nice.
Bartlett always had some hard nosed ball players. Came off bench top of 7th as a soph to DH in regional game there, tied 0-0. Both pitchers with 4 pitches and nasty. [itch bay] slapped one over 2B. Stole 2nd on first pitch. Then those [uck fay]ers pulled the fake bad throw trick with ss and 2b running crazy and outfielders yelling and running. So I'm gonna score and be a hero right here and now. Pitcher tagged me at ss as I got off the dirt and headed to 3b while my coach was giving me the go sign. At least it doesnt bother me anymore.
Bad news - we're currently not going to Hoover. Good news - we are 2 games behind being the 6 seed. Am hoping a couple of those late inning collapses don't come back to bite us.