ball boy
noun
: a male attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)
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Payton recounted after practice being a ball boy at St. Louis Cardinals training camp back when the club camped at Eastern Illinois.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
Major League Baseball is putting what to the test in the All Star Game?
A. Aluminum bats
B. Robot concession vendors
C. Retirees serving as ball boys
D. Automated balls and strikes
⬇️ Scroll down for the answer.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Kate also met 12-year-old Sophie Kneen, set to do the coin toss for the women’s final, along with ball boys, ball girls and honorary stewards.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 July 2025
But no instance could match Wednesday’s, when Plouffe went from his perch in the booth to a stool positioned just beyond the third-base dugout to take over as a ball boy.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
Major League Baseball is putting what to the test in the All Star Game?
A. Aluminum bats
B. Robot concession vendors
C. Retirees serving as ball boys
D. Automated balls and strikes
⬇️ Scroll down for the answer.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Kate also met 12-year-old Sophie Kneen, set to do the coin toss for the women’s final, along with ball boys, ball girls and honorary stewards.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 July 2025
But no instance could match Wednesday’s, when Plouffe went from his perch in the booth to a stool positioned just beyond the third-base dugout to take over as a ball boy.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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“Ball boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20boy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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