As you know, The Professor is back watching his beloved baseball, most particularly his World Champion Washington Nationals.
Last night, as I sat quietly occupying myself, my mind wandered long enough to catch a glimpse of the game. I noticed the Umpire reaching into one of the two satchels strapped across his waist. “Man,” I said to the Professor, “How many balls can that Ump carry?” Well, I should have known that would spark a conversation and open up an impartment of knowledge from ‘you know who‘.
“Well,” he began, “Each of those satchels holds about five baseballs. But the ball boy changes those satchels out just about every at bat, so the ump never has to worry about not having enough. By the way, Miss Writer…” he continued, “those bags are not called satchels, they are called scrotum bags!” I shrieked with laughter, “That’s ridiculous, ha ha who ever came up with that!”
I let it go and returned to my mind wanderings eventually making my way to my studio. Now, maybe it was my naiveté or maybe it was old fashion curiosity, but don’t you know I found my fingers on Google. Those satchels are called Equipment Bags or plain ole’ Ball Bags.
The Professor fed me a line of bull. Damn, he got me again!
