ProNine LPM12 12 Inch Leather Pitching Machine Softballs - Dozen
The ProNine LPM12 is the 12 inch leather machine softball that top college programs run through their pitching machines: full grain leather cover, solid polyurethane center, and a flat seam held by special armored stitching. When a program's hitters take hundreds of machine cuts a week, this ball keeps the feedback honest and the replacement budget sane. Sold by the dozen.
College-Proven Machine Work
ProNine's leather machine balls run at top college programs including BYU, the University of Texas, Cal State Fullerton, LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kansas, North Carolina, Stanford, Cal Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Auburn, Florida State, and Tufts, among many others. The line earned those facilities because it reacts like a game ball without dying like one: full grain leather gives hitters true flight and feel, and the machine-specific construction underneath takes the abuse that would retire a game softball in a week.
Armored Seams, Poly Center
The flat seam profile feeds cleanly through wheels without the grab-and-tear that destroys raised seams, the armored stitching resists friction burn, and the solid polyurethane center refuses to go soft or lopsided. That combination is the whole reason dedicated machine balls exist.
Where It Fits
The LPM11 covers 11 inch fastpitch, the composite CPM12 trades leather for price, and the dimpled PM12 owns the value end. All of them feed the pitching machines we carry.
ProNine LPM12 Specifications
- Size: 12 inch
- Sold by the dozen
- Seam: Flat seam for machine use with special armored stitching
- Cover: Full Grain Leather
- Center: Solid Polyurethane
Why not just practice with game softballs?
Machine wheels shred game-ball seams and covers fast. A leather machine ball keeps game-ball feel while its flat armored seam survives the wheels, so the dozen outlasts several dozens of sacrificed game balls.
What is the difference from the CPM12?
The cover. This LPM12 is full grain leather for the truest feel; the CPM12 wears a thin composite shell that shrugs off weather and turf at a lower price.