About Us
35 Years of Family, Baseball & American-Made Pride
It started in 1990 with a science fair project and a little brother who needed more batting reps than any arm could provide. Jason was tired of throwing — so he built a pitching machine from scratch. Brantley stepped in, swung away, and his batting average climbed from .320 to .547. The judges were impressed. The Jones family was onto something bigger than a trophy.
But it wasn't just the machine that mattered. It was Brantley standing in the box, rep after rep, who started asking the real question: why don't training balls actually feel right? That question changed everything.
A Father & Son Built This
Jason's father David saw what that pitching machine could become. Together, they made the leap from science fair winner to real manufacturers — designing and building product out of their own workshop right here in Columbia, South Carolina. No investors. No shortcuts. Just a father and son who believed in what they were making and refused to cut corners.
And with Brantley logging thousands of swings as the family's live tester, they had exactly the feedback they needed.
Brantley Knew What It Needed to Be
As a real hitter taking real cuts, Brantley was the most important voice in the room. He could feel immediately when a training ball was off — too light, wrong flight, bad response off the bat. That direct feedback from someone actually in the box drove every design decision the family made.
The weight, the density, the flight path — everything was dialed in through years of Brantley's reps and honest input. The result was a ball engineered to build real timing and real muscle memory, not just something cheap to hit at practice.
Jason, Brantley & Dad
More than 35 years later, Stee-Rike 3 is still a family business — and proud of every year of it. Today Jason and Brantley run the company together, with their father David's decades of manufacturing experience and deep baseball knowledge guiding every decision they make.
Brantley went from the kid in the batter's box to co-running the company — and his understanding of what a hitter actually needs still shapes every ball that ships. That's not something you can replicate. That's built-in.
We are grateful for every player, coach, and parent who has believed in what this family has built. Keep the letters and stories coming — hearing how Stee-Rike 3 has improved your game is what keeps us going.