MLB has cleared the way for ball kids to return to games this season.
It recently informed clubs of the change, along with a set of detailed guidelines covering what they are allowed to do at the ballpark.
The last paragraph of Section 5.2 reads: “The duties normally handled by bat boys/girls and ball boys/girls will be performed by existing Club staff and not by any minor person. If no staff is available to perform those roles, the functions will not be available for the game; provided, however, that Clubs must make staff available to provide umpires with new balls and to retrieve equipment discarded by a batter who reaches base.
The ball boys and girls are expected to place anything they touch into a club-supplied bucket or bag, which will be disinfected by a clubhouse worker after the game.“I guess it goes under the fact that, hey, it’s a different year — we’re worried about who is taking the balls out to the umpire,” Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.
“I don’t want to give the guys any ideas, but I’m sure there will be contests and things like that, where if you lose you’ve got to do it — things like that,” Conley said. “We’ll come up with something I’m sure.”
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