Checking returned balls

[ArchAngel72]

12 U LL local to where I work.

 

Got scheduled for this game a month ago.  Head there got there with More than plenty of time as its local to my work.  Fitted up a mask and TG that I got from Wolfeman I need to take some pics of it to post.  anywho.

 

I get 4 game balls from the home team and looked them all over they are RST balls ( Tourney)  but whatever to me its league play and I told the President of the league who gave them to me that these were tourney balls and probably more expensive than the RS balls they are supposed to use.  He ho hums it and says does not matter..  OK away we go.

get thru 3 innings have had more than a handful of foul balls sail out of the field and well some of them are not coming back.   Sigh

well I get a couple that went out VT side and no joke   3 Times in a row  the VT coach is roughing up a ball and says here you go blue, tosses me a ball and I look it over and it states in big bold letters.

"OFFICIAL PRACTICE BALL"   

I read it and toss it back to him, "Nope coach not a game ball says practice ball on it".  Sure enough next foul he tries to give me another one or the same damn one I do not know.. 

UGH.. middle of the 4th he comes to me with 3 new actual game balls and says "Sorry about that you were good on checking them as I was not."      

 

I swear I may start bringing a small sharp tip sharpie and marking the damn game balls so I know they are the ones I started with or came into the game that I am doing.. not that I care really other than having proper game balls.  Just don't want some mushy practice ball that WAS a game ball but you have used it with the batting net 1000 times and its junk now..

But I was chuckling at the coach, I felt like asking him "Coach do you have glasses or need them?"

 

Anyone else running into this?

I know Money is tight and balls are expensive but dang..

 

 

[BDad]

Oh I *always* check. I've had RIF balls come into LL Majors games. 

"Coach, this isn't a LL baseball."

"Oh really, it was in my bucket, so I assumed it was ok."

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