Youth baseball

Abstract

A youth baseball includes a core center and an outer surface that encircles the core center. The circumference of the outer surface is less than or equal to 8.375 inches. The weight of the youth baseball is less than or equal to 4.7 ounces.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A youth baseball comprises:
 a core center; and   an outer surface that encircles the core center, wherein a circumference of the outer surface is less than or equal to 8.375 inches and wherein a weight of the youth baseball is less than or equal to 4.7 ounces.   
     
     
         2 . The youth baseball of  claim 1 , wherein the core center comprises:
 a rubber or cork center; and   yarn that is wrapped around the rubber or cork center.   
     
     
         3 . The youth baseball of  claim 2 , wherein the outer surface comprises:
 a first piece of leather; and   a second piece of leather stitched to the first piece of leather, wherein the stitching creates baseball seams.   
     
     
         4 . The youth baseball of  claim 1 , wherein the core center comprises:
 a sphere constructed of one or more of:   a plastic, a polyurethane (PU), a polyethylene (PE), an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), an EVA rubber, a rubber, cork, a silicone gel, and a foam.   
     
     
         5 . The youth baseball of  claim 4 , wherein the outer surface comprises:
 a synthetic outer material includes a pattern that replicates a conventional baseball and is constructed of one or more of: a plastic, a polyurethane (PU), a polyethylene (PE), an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), an EVA rubber, a rubber and composition thereof   
     
     
         6 . The youth baseball of  claim 4 , wherein the outer surface comprises:
 a first piece of leather; and   a second piece of leather stitched to the first piece of leather, wherein the stitching creates baseball seams.   
     
     
         7 . The youth baseball of  claim 4 , wherein the outer surface comprises:
 a 2-seam wind drag component in a first orientation on the youth baseball; and   one or more 4-seam wind drag components in a second orientation on the youth baseball.   
     
     
         8 . The youth baseball of  claim 1  further comprises:
 a first finger alignment area on the outer surface; 
 a second finger alignment area on the outer surface; and 
 a thumb alignment area on the outer surface, wherein, from a front view perspective, the thumb alignment area is approximately centered between the first and second finger alignment areas and is on an opposition side of the youth baseball. 
 
     
     
         9 . The youth baseball of  claim 7  further comprises at least one of:
 the first and second finger alignment areas and the thumb alignment area being positioned on the youth baseball for a 4-seam fastball; and 
 the first and second finger alignment areas and the thumb alignment area being positioned on the youth baseball for a 2-seam fastball.