Check out this video:

Baseball Unwound and Rewound

Double click the pic to start the video if it doesn't start automatically.

Unfortunately, they didn't complete the 'dissection'. If you cut the 'pink' ball open, there is another black colored ball inside - that is what is known as the 'pill'.

Also, it you click to pause after the cover is off, you'll notice the red lacing is only attached at one spot on the first white layer of thread.

That is an anchoring point and also why balls cannot be machine made. The cover is NOT stitched to the ball, only anchored at the start and end - otherwise, the two figure eights are laced to each other.