Major League Baseballs
If there’s one thing that truly epitomizes American culture this is baseball, and many fans wanting to take home a slice of America purchase expensive souvenir baseballs at MLB games. You’d assume these would be proudly made on U.S. soil. The manufacturer, Rawlings Sporting Goods, actually produces them in Costa Rica, where workers spend 10 hours a day forming 108 stitches on every baseball—to eventually be used for only a couple of pitches each.
