Pickle Ball

Thanks to Rick, one of our readers, the ‘mystery ball’ has been identified as a Pickle Ball. Now that we know what to look for, they can be found quite easily on sites such as ebay.com and Amazon.com.

As we mentioned in the original post, Tom W. uses these balls as training aids for his grandson. Tom discovered these balls by chance, and he has used them to help his grandson develop a quicker swing, hit a curveball, and become a switch hitter, while using his regular game bat. Tom says these balls have had the greatest impact of any at home training aid he’s used. So when you can’t get to a batting cage and hit the real thing, Pickle Balls are a great substitute.

While traditional Wiffle Balls are great in their own way, they’re not very good baseball training aids. Pickle Balls will behave more like a regular baseball than a Wiffle Ball.

If you plan to use the Pickle Ball as a replacement ball in your own wiffleball league, we’ve been advised that they’ll work better on a larger field. Using these balls on a smaller field may result in more home runs than usual.

We hope to try out these Pickle Balls this summer, and Tom has even offered to send us a couple to test. Once we try them out at The Sac, we’ll post a full review on majorleaguewiffleball.com. Thanks again to Rick for helping us out!