Baseball Globes Are a Good Catch for Collectors

Baseball globes were not difficult to find in the mid-1990s, but these days they are fairly rare.

The most common baseball globe was made by Krent Paffett Teifert Inc. The baseball has red stitches, and is printed with an unlabeled satellite image of Earth. The oceans are a beautiful blue, but the landmasses are a dark bluish green and do not show up well. The cloud coverage is excessively heavy and obscures too much of the land. These baseball globes have limited appeal; however, many of them were distributed as giveaways at baseball games.

Also, during the mid-1990s, a far more rare baseball globe was made by Unforgettaball. This globe has a superior design. The baseball is the standard white ball with red stitches. The image has a subdued, antique design with a hand-drawn appearance. The landmasses are gray with thin black outlines. Only the continents and equator are labeled. An old-style compass rose sits in the Atlantic Ocean. The Unforgettaball baseball globe is a very nice looking piece. Hopefully, some company will resurrect the design someday soon.