Small Balls and Large Balls

Dear Inventors of the Spanish Language,

I'd like to personally thank you for creating two separate words for the one word in English that means "ball." Yes, it is so exciting to me that PELOTA means "smaller balls" and BALON and means "larger balls."

Apparently in the creation of your language, you didn't consider the day this 24 year old female teacher would get to attempt to explain this concept to a classroom full of freshman boys. I actually said the sentence, "You have to be careful in deciding if they're smaller or larger balls."

I do not, however, blame you for the very awkward hand gestures that I accidentally made when talking about these small and large balls.

Sincerely,
Miss Dyer