More rules I have learned from coaches.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

Here's an easy way to keep him from picking up bats:

Jobu: "Hey Blue, my $300 bat is cracked."

BatBoyBlue: "So?"

Jobu: "Well, it was fine before you (choose one: kicked it out of the way/picked it up/whatever). You owe me $300."

Yet another reason not to pick up/handle equipment.

When I was first starting out several years ago, I was given two reasons not to handle (softball) equipment during the game;

1) Some players/coaches are very superstitious about their (softball) equipment. If somebody else touches it, it screws up the mojo.

2) If I am trying to be a nice guy and I pick up a bat for team A at the end of a half inning, but I don't pick up team B's bat at the end of the next half inning because I am getting a drink or entering subs or whatever, team B now thinks that I have something against them. If I don't pick up anybody's bats or other (softball) equipment, then both teams can think I'm a jerk, but at least I'm not appearing to favor one team or the other.