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A baseball batting aid for use in increasing the proficiency of a batter to hit different types of pitched balls. The aid includes a conventional cork center baseball having a diametrically extending hole of a first diameter drilled therethrough with one end thereof counterbored. A cord is received

A baseball batting aid for use in increasing the proficiency of a batter to hit different types of pitched balls. The aid includes a conventional cork center baseball having a diametrically extending hole of a first diameter drilled therethrough with one end thereof counterbored. A cord is received through the hole and a metal sleeve member with a backup member is inserted into a counterbore of the hole so that the knotted end of the cord can be pulled back into the counterbore of the hole. A patch covers the opening of the counterbore.

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A baseball batting aid comprising: a ball having a diametrically extending hole therethrough, one end of said hole having a counterbore of a prescribed depth communicating with the exterior of said ball, said ball having a shoulder between said hole and said counterbore; a cord extending through sai

A baseball batting aid comprising: a ball having a diametrically extending hole therethrough, one end of said hole having a counterbore of a prescribed depth communicating with the exterior of said ball, said ball having a shoulder between said hole and said counterbore; a cord extending through said hole and into said counterbore, said cord having a knot thereon within said counterbore, said knot having a larger dimension than the diameter of said hole; a sleeve member comprising a tubular section positioned within said hole around said cord, and an annular head flange integral with that end of said tubular section at said counterbore, said head flange extending over said shoulder and positioned between said knot and said shoulder within said counterbore; and, an annular support member received around said tubular section of said sleeve member and juxtaposed between said head flange of said sleeve member and said shoulder, said support member having an outside diameter larger than the diameter of said counterbore and said ball being resilient about said counterbore so that said counterbore is expanded as said support member is pulled into said counterbore and then contracts as said support member is seated against said shoulder to lock said support member within said counterbore.