Brands and style of leather softballs you use?

[ANNASDAD]

Sterling are our personal favorite, but if we did a blind taste test (yuck) I'm guessing we couldn't tell much difference between many of them.

I get what you're saying, but I don't know? Those Sterling and Trump Evil balls are stand out to me! Years back we were strictly a Dudley ball buyer, but I'd never personally buy Dudley's over those other two.....with my own money!

 

[CoreSoftball20]

Totally understand, sorry was talking 12 inch...We have synthetics, but they turn to an oval mush ball mess rather quickly.

If you are using these balls to hit, then I would buy the Evil BP52s all day long. They last much longer than regular balls when you
are just beating them up with bats all day, every day.
Thats if I was using my money, thats the ball I would buy for BP.

 

[LW23]

We use Sterling most of the year for pitching at home. DD's high school uses the Dudley Thunder Heat so we throw those during HS season.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

We use Sterling most of the year for pitching at home. DD's high school uses the Dudley Thunder Heat so we throw those during HS season.

My daughter doesn't like the Sterling balls for pitching. She says they are too slick. On the other hand, the SB-12s seem to be a bit tackier and last a long time. We have used Dream Seams, Thunder Heat, Trump Stote, and Sterlings over the years, not to mention the Rhino LL balls that turned into eggs after three swings, but we always come back to SB-12s.

I think it could be geographical as to who uses what softballs. We found the Northeast to use Thunder Heats and SB-12s more than anything. However, the Sterlings seem to be used more often when you go out west and down south.

 

[JOHNN]

We typically use Rawlings Dream Seams but my daughter does love to pitch using the Dudley Thunder Heats. For practice balls we use whatever used Dream Seams we have or Sterlings.

 

[Lemond]

For straight BP, we’ve been using the leftover assortment from previous years, including crud we find on the fields and a bunch of ancient slow pitch balls. We hit them until they are pillows or rip.

Games, are Dudley CFPs until playoffs and beginning 2025 whole season.

Hack attack gets fed only the Baden ballistic balls with the Kevlar seams. Nice so far. Hard.

I like the Sterling balls, but they seem to be unavailable (as are many balls).

@LEsoftballdad, maybe out of all this you can send out a price sheet with current availability?

If we could afford it, I would love to see a full basket of Sterlings for BP, a few buckets of CFPs for fielding and pitching (and new supply for games), and a few buckets of the Baden ballistics for the machine.

 

[Edoo]

Sb- 12’s are not what they used to be. Seems like they turn into a mush ball very quickly

 

[tim_s]

Thunder Heats were my go-to practice ball.....I've got about 10 dozen of them in my basement lol

 

[CoachJD]

I like the Mark-1, but they do get torn up faster than some of the more expensive options. A couple foul balls/wild pitches off the backstop and the leather will start to tear.

 

[BillyB]

If you are using these balls to hit, then I would buy the Evil BP52s all day long. They last much longer than regular balls when you
are just beating them up with bats all day, every day.
Thats if I was using my money, thats the ball I would buy for BP.

These will be all around practice, hitting, throwing, etc.