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Originally Posted by bnorth
I figured the ball boy was going to keep it for himself.
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I don't think ballboys are allowed to keep the baseballs they retrieve.
I was also surprised to see the ballboy give the kid ANY ball. I make no claims to being expert on the subject, but a few times over the years I casually noticed that while players and coaches did toss "dead" balls into the stands, ballboys generally put them aside. Had this ballboy not given the kid a ball, I wouldn't have thought anything about the Jeter foul ball being retained.