SHAYNA: OUR CONFUSION TOUR CONTINUES.
CONTINUES. FOR ANIMAL LOVERS WE MANAGED TO
FIND THE SOUTHWICK ZOO NOT
WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE.
WE MAKE ANOTHER STOP FOR
BASEBALL FANS.
BASEBALL FANS. FIRST TED TURNS US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR A SUMMER SOAK.
>> A QUICK QUIZ TO TEST YOUR
STATE PARK SMARTS IN WHICH
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN WILL YOU
FIND THE WILLARD BROOK STATE
FOREST?
FOREST?
FOREST? >> IS IT ASHBY OR IS IT
GRANDBY?
GRANDBY?
GRANDBY? >> AND DON'T GO CONFUSING YOUR
GRANDBYS WITH YOUR GRANDVILLES.
GRANDVILLE IS THE LITTLE TOWN
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD THAT
FEATURES THAT GENERAL STORE
WITH THE GREAT CHEESE.
BUT JUST TO COMPLICATE THINGS
FURTHER A FEW MILES FROM
GRANDVILLE IS GRANDBY,
CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT. AND WHILE WE'RE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, NEARBY IS THE
SOUTHWICK JOG.
SOUTHWICK JOG. THAT CURIOUS CAR BUNK L
ATTACHED TO THE BAY STATE'S
OTHERWISE STRAIGHT SOUTHERN
BORDER.
BORDER.
BORDER. SELECTMAN RUSS FOX SAYS DON'T
COME TO SOUTHWICK LOOKING FOR
SOUTHWICK'S ZOO.
SOUTHWICK'S ZOO. >> AND IT'S IN MENDEN.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE LOOK ON
THEIR FACE WHEN WE TELL THEM
YOU MISSED IT ABOUT AN HOUR
BACK SO HEAD BACK TOWARD BOSTON
AND VISIT THE ZOO.
>> OK.
>> OK.
>> OK. NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A HANDLE ON
MEDFIELD, MEDWAY, AND MEDFORD
YOU MIGHT JUST BE READY FOR
NEXT LEVEL CONFUSION.
MILBURY, MILFORD, AND
MILLVILLE.
MILLVILLE. OUR QUICK RUN OF THE MILLS
BEGINS DOWN NEAR RHODE ISLAND
WHERE MILLVILLE SITS AT THE
SOUTHERN END OF THE BAY STATE'S
BLACKISTONE RIVER VALLEY.
THIS TINY TOWN'S MOST UNUSUAL
FEATURE, THE MYSTERIOUS TOWER,
THOUGH SOME HAVE SPECULATED IT
WAS A NORRIS LOOKOUT POST IT
TURNS OUT IT JUST HAD A SIS
TERN IN IT FOR WATER STORAGE
UP IN MILFORD ANOTHER TOWERING
ODDTY.
ODDTY.
ODDTY. >> THIS IS THE IRISH ROUND
TOWER LOCATED IN ST. MARY'S
CHURCH MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
>> AND THE MILFORD TOWER IS
MODELED AFTER SIMILAR
STRUCTURES IN IRELAND.
>> IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE ONLY
IRISH ROUND TOWER IN AMERICA.
>> ROUND TOWERS WERE
CONSTRUCTED IN IRELAND TO
PROTECT SACRED MANUSCRIPTS FROM
VIKINGS.
VIKINGS.
VIKINGS. >> THIS IS STRICTLY A
COMMEMORATIVE THING.
COMMEMORATIVE THING. >> IF THE TOWERS OF MILFORD AND
MILLVILLE HAVE YOU A BIT MIXED
UP WE COME BACK TO EARTH IN
MILBURY.
MILBURY.
MILBURY. AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE
BLACKISTONE RIVER VALLEY
HISTORICAL CORRIDOR.
HISTORICAL CORRIDOR. JUST SOUTH OF WORCESTER,
MILBURY IS THE HOMETOWN OF
FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER AND
TV BROADCASTER RON DARLING.
COINCIDENTALLY, BASEBALL'S ALSO
ON DECK AT MILBURY'S SND
SPINNING MIL
SPINNING MIL >> MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
>> ALL THE BASEBALLS.
>> ALL THE BASEBALLS.
>> THE SND SPINNING MILL DATES
BACK TO THE MID 1700'S MAKING
IT ONE OF THE OLDEST OPERATING
MILLS IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE REASON IT'S STILL IN THE
GAME?
GAME?
GAME? THE MAJOR LEAGUES USE A TON OF
BALLS.
BALLS.
BALLS. >> THE AVERAGE LIFE OF A BALL
IN A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME IS FOUR
PITCHES.
PITCHES.
PITCHES. THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. RAWLINGS MANUFACTURES BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2 MILLION BALLS A YEAR.
>> JOHN TELLS US HIS MILL
SUPPLIES RAWLINGS WITH FOUR OF
THE FIVE YARNS USED IN EVERY
SINGLE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
EACH WILL CONTINUE 330 YARDS OF
YARN.
YARN.
YARN. >> NO WONDER YOU GUYS ARE GOING
24/7.
24/7.
24/7. >> I BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. I'M STILL LIKE OH, MY GOD IT IS
UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH YARN THEY
USE.
USE.
USE. IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
TO SEE 60,000 POUNDS COMING OUT
OF HERE A MONTH.
SHAYNA: NOW MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALLS ARE ASSEMBLED AND
STITCHED IN COSTA RICA.
OF THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF
YARN SND SUPPLIES THE COMPANY
PROUDLY SAYS THEIR YARN HAS
NEVER BEEN THE CAUSE OF A
DEFECTIVE BALL.
DEFECTIVE BALL. THERE YOU GO.
IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY EVEN
THOUGH IT RESEMBLES AN AGING
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
FOOTBALL PLAYER. >> WHEN THIS WAS BRAND NEW IT
LOOKED LIKE A MIDDLE LINEBACKER
FOR THE DENVER BRO