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Hahahaha,
PO noted:
"Give the balls to the assigned ball boy or place them in the game ball box or bucket.
(I know that this may not apply to youth leagues of even low level high school. However, if you want to move up the food chain to NCAA, be advised that this is something that coaches are noticing.)"
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Wrong, oh wise one.
I guess all high school baseball in Oregon is "low level" as I have not worked a game in decades that had a bat boy.
I do not enter the home team dugout after the game. Why would I place myself in a potential terrible situation?
Guys, NEVER enter a dugout after a game (unless it is the only exit from the field). Don't set yourself up to fail.
If it is easy to hand the balls to an assistant rat . . . do that -- if not, just roll them towards the bench.
Even Communists can get away with that.
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BTW Peter, I just called my assignor (he was not that thrilled that I called him a 6:30 am PDT) and asked him that during the last 10 years of assigning (he does both college and high shcool and the college wood bat summer leage and all Legion A and AAA assigning) just how many calls he has had from coaches complaining about how an umpire returned the game balls?
His answer, "hurmp, you woke me up for THAT, never, none, it has never happened."
Must be a geographical issue.
[Edited by Tim C on Apr 15th, 2005 at 09:33 AM]
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