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Originally posted by Rattlehead
How Often do you let the ball roate during bad weather?
In the Pacific Northwest there are fields with good enough drainage that it can rain for hours before the fields really become unplayable.
I had a game a couple of weeks ago that the rain had started about 20 minutes prior to game time.
With the Ball being so wet both pitchers were having problems controlling their pitches.
In this situation how often do you let the pitcher request the somewhat dryer ball in your ball-bag.
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Really whenever they ask. I will allow them to throw it to their bench and have the bench keep 'em dry. I will allow them to swap balls that way unless I see something "fishy" going on. I have never had a problem with someone trying to slip a "doctored ball" in. I also try and address that at the pre-game.