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IMO this speeds that game up, the on deck guy or a coach can get the ball, the catcher can throw the one I give him back and get the sign from the coach and we can get moving.
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Where I work, neither the ondeck guy nor the coach will chase foul balls, unless they happen to roll right in front of them. F2 is going to chase it no matter what I do, so I might as well get a ball to F1 right away to speed up the game. I can't call "play" with a foul ball lying by the backstop, and I'm sure as hell not going to go get it.....
reading the other responses, this may be more a matter of the level of ball. I gotta get to the 'ballboy' level so I can do what yall do! 
[Edited by LMan on Mar 10th, 2006 at 07:59 PM]
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Amazing: If I worked where you work, the on-deck batter
would retrieve the ball. It's a courtesy ever present - when I'm behind the mask.
You only have to yell "On deck!!" a couple of times to get everyone on the same track.
Coaches in the boxes often retrieve foul balls; coaches on defense, never, since I don't let them out of the dugout.
Concerning returning the ball to the pitcher:
Professional umpires on the way up fire the ball to the pitcher; it's one way they demonstrate they belong on the field with professional ball players.
I hope they have good liability insurance.