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Old Fri Jun 02, 2006, 03:57am
Steve M Steve M is offline
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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
That is an important issue here. If you don't walk the field and check the equipment you are liable if a kid gets injured. I also carry a sharpie pen in my ball bag and mark the new game balls with my initials before the game (and with any new ball that comes into the game during the game). After a ball has been batted a few times it can loose the cor and compression markings - but if it has my initials on there, I know it's a good ball.

Bottom line is safety and insurance. By checking equipment and walking and inspecting the field - you are helping insure the safety of the kids primarily and your family possessions secondly.
I used to use a sharpie, now I use a ball point pen. It seems to hold up better than a sharpie. But that's something I forgot to mention ealier - we do need & want to know that the ball that has just been tossed in to us is the same ball that went out of play.
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