This Rhode Island Company Makes Important Piece of MLB Baseballs

The Red Sox are heading to Boston this weekend to start a seven-game homestand at Fenway Park.

They'll hope to put a few more games in the win column taking on the White Sox and Mariners, but no matter who or where the Sox are playing this season, they'll have a little piece of Rhode Island with them in every game.

In fact, every Major League Baseball team has taken a bit of Rhode Island with them to every single game for decades thanks to a Woonsocket textile company.

What's Inside a Baseball?

Have you ever wondered what's under the leather casing of a baseball? Because it's actually a lot.

As you can see, the thickest layer is all the wool yarn. And for millions of baseballs, that yarn comes from Rhode Island.

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What Rhode Island Company Is Connected to Major League Baseball?

Woonsocket based textile company, The Brickle Group, was founded in 1937 by Hyman Brickle as H. Brickle & Son, Inc. Though the company was originally known for their pioneering efforts as the first woolen waste dealer in the South, today they are known for their connection to the MLB.

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The Brickle Group has been making the spun yarn used in Rawlings baseballs for 89 years and ever since 1977, Rawlings baseballs have been the exclusive provider of baseballs to Major League Baseball.

So in turn, The Brickle Group officially makes the yarn for every, single baseball used in the major leagues.