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[ctblu40]

Originally Posted by nickrego

Mud is great if your sitting in a nice locker room before a game.

We get the (3) balls just before the Plate Mtg., and have to rub them up there on the field.

Then, there are the new balls that come in during the game.

This is JMO of course, but this is how I handle rubbing up the baseballs.
I arrive at most games about 1 hr. before gametime. At that point, I pay a visit to the head coach, AD, or whoever to inform them that I'm there, so you will have at least 1 umpire today. Then I ask for a supply of baseballs. If they give them to me, I rub 'em before I get dressed. If they choose to not have me rub 'em up before that, I let them know that their pitchers don't like pearls, they usually take care of it.

[Tim C]

ctblu40 has hit EXACTLY what I do.

When I get to the game I ask for baseballs . . . I then rub them up at my car.

If they give me three I ask politely: "Will you please have someone rub up the new ones that come in after these disappear?"

When new balls are brought out and if they are NOT rubbed down . . . they get them just as they have been given to me . . . pearly whites.

Our three man crew for a state semi-final where given three dozen balls and all where done prior to the game and we never ran short.

Regards,