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I remember my first HS JV game in 1998. As I was getting low on baseballs, I looked over at the home dugout and held up 3 fingers. I was expecting that since I was working "big boy" ball that a student manager would come out with some baseballs. After a couple more motions, I finally had to ask loudly "I need some more baseballs". We don't have attendants in NC although we have one 3A school that has a great AD who checks on us a couple of times a game for water and such.
I don't roll the balls toward the dugout. Sometimes the coaches leave a box outside of the dugout for us to get balls out of during the game and I'll place them back in there as we leave. Other times I hand them to a bench warmer or assistant coach who is milling around outside the dugout after the game. If none of the above happens, I place them outside of the dugout near the entrance.
For some reason, few if any of the high schools where I work have field entrances away from the dugouts. Most entrances are not through the dugout proper, but next to them.
I haven't stuck around for a handshake since 1991 (my rookie season) when a partner of mine who worked FED and NCAA tongue lashed me for doing so. If you work with me and want to stick around, fine but I'll see you in the lot.
Lawrence
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