batboys

Riggleman also worries about an overlooked safety issue - batboys scurrying after foul balls and bats as a hitter swings on deck.

Luis Salazar incident underscores baseball's dangers for Jim Riggleman 2011

"The thing that scares more than anything is batboys," Riggleman said.

Luis Salazar incident underscores baseball's dangers for Jim Riggleman 2011

Gabe was leaning against the tiny locker that the batboys shared, his thumbs shoved into the thick leather belt of his uniform.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

Gabe was leaning against the tiny locker that the batboys shared, his thumbs shoved into the thick leather belt of his uniform.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

He wants all of the batboys for the World Series to be at least fifteen years old.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

The safest decision would be to pretend that the conversation had never happened, but what if the reporter was approaching other batboys?

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

The safest decision would be to pretend that the conversation had never happened, but what if the reporter was approaching other batboys?

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

He wants all of the batboys for the World Series to be at least fifteen years old.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

The team was leaving on a fourteen-game road trip that would keep them out of New York for almost two weeks, and the batboys and clubhouse attendants had to help load spare uniforms and cleats and other equipment into the huge trunks that would follow the team from city to city.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

The team was leaving on a fourteen-game road trip that would keep them out of New York for almost two weeks, and the batboys and clubhouse attendants had to help load spare uniforms and cleats and other equipment into the huge trunks that would follow the team from city to city.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010