Next time you see a player casually flip a baseball into the stands, you might want to pause for a moment and think about the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica where that ball came from:
The Literal Cost of Baseball
↵
↵The work is tough and some employees have shoulder injuries from trying to churn out too many balls to win bonuses. They earn a base salary of $1.60 an hour, slightly above Costa Rica's minimum wage... "It's pretty hard to find work," said Rocio Gamboa, 33, who has been stitching baseballs at the factory for 11 years. She produces 200 balls a week, and receives a 52 cent bonus for each ball she completes above the 156-ball minimum.
↵
↵Baseballs retail for $14.99 each in the United States. The average player earns about three million dollars per year. The socialist i.e. European, side of me feels there is something terribly wrong about the whole thing.
See More:
