Let me say this first, I really like using machine pitch dimple balls.
The inherent problems and the misconceptions about them actually have merit.
So I do understand when coaches or players tell me that dimple balls are bad.
Here's The Deal
Cheap dimple balls can actually dent, expensive aluminum bats. They can also be hard on wheel-type pitching machines… shortening their life as well, they exaggerate the sting when a ball is incorrectly hit off the handle or the end of the bat… and yet some others are so soft that they have no “pop” or “carry” and feel like you're hitting a tomato.
Let’s Solve The Problem
Once again, good and cheap don't go together and I can't speak for any other brand or any other producer of these balls except for our own. We know that what we carry his of high quality and since there's no standardization in these balls and they are so mass-produced overseas that even some brands that you may recognize may not be as good as I would hope or frankly as good as I would offer you, our customer.
My recommendation is that when you find a good ball, buy and re-buy by that same ball.
We have furnished thousands of high quality dimple balls every season without issue. I do not recall any customer who has had a complaint issue in any recent season and our re-orders of this product increase each season without issue. The visible seams provides you the better mousetrap with no downside!
Machine Pitch Dimple Balls
Just to save any confusion, machine pitch balls, dimple balls or dimples are just terminology differences that generally refer to those injection-molded rubber practice balls that you see used most frequently in commercial batting cages. (usually yellow).
Terminology Note
Machine pitch balls now also refer to a certain new leather-covered ball with flat or very lowest of seams, which are usually made of Kevlar rather than cotton.
The reason this ball was developed was for those who preferred hitting a leather ball that most closely resembles any regulation baseball or softball without the premature wear that regulation balls take from pitching machines and in batting cages.
