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TJordan522
07-10-2011, 11:44 PM
Hey everyone,

I picked up a game used MLB ball this weekend, and it has a strange mark on it that I was hoping you all could help me figure out:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/TJordan522/IMG_0219.jpg

I'm no expert on game used baseballs, but I have a handful of other ones, none of which have this mark...it looks like it says something along the lines of "? O A" or "? 0 4."

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Jordan

orioles03
07-10-2011, 11:51 PM
all baseballs are marked with an ink if you hold a blacklight up to it you should be able to read it. in the rawlings factory they mark every ball with the ink so if there is s defect they will know who produced the ball.that is what it looks like to me could be wrong

TJordan522
07-10-2011, 11:58 PM
Thanks for your help!
It looks like that's what it could be...strange though how it shows up so clearly without a black light.

Here is a link about the "secret stamps" that I just found, for anyone like me who didn't know about them already: http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/2011/03/11/baseballs-and-black-light/