Can anyone help me find the tubelike device that will pick up baseballs? I know it's been on here before but all my search terms come up empty. I've googled as well, with no luck on the search terms I've tried.

Anyone remember this thing?

Is this it?



The Ballboy 12 Baseball Pickup Device
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Detailed Product Description:
Do you spend more time picking up baseballs than hitting them?
The BALLBOY was designed to help players, coaches and parents pick up baseballs while saving time and energy. When cage time is limited, it is important that players get as many quality swings in as possible. The BALLBOY picks up the baseballs fast enabling you to practice more efficiently. The light weight and durable design saves the strain on your back, hands and knees. One BALLBOY allows you to quickly and easily pickup and dispense up to a dozen baseballs. Stop wasting energy and valuable batting practice time and get a BALLBOY today!

The patent pending BallBoy lets you quickly and easily pick up baseballs with the use of special end caps. The unique grip handle makes it easy to hold, simple to transport and painless to pick up baseballs. One Ballboy allows you to pickup and dispense up to a dozen baseballs. The BallBoy comes with an integrated fence clip for hanging and an adjustable shoulder strap which allows for convenient portability.
You can pick up to two dozen baseballs in seconds.
Get more quality swings in
Throw balls for longer periods of time
Use on a variety of surfaces
Picks up baseballs and dimple balls
Quick dispensing
Simple to transport
Easy to store
Easy to hold
Easy to use
You can pick up two dozen baseballs in seconds


Looks like the link no longer works, but maybe now that you have a name, you can find one, hope that helps. Maybe on Ebay.

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I hired this guy once to clean my gutters Krak...I would imagine he'd pick up baseballs if the price was right.






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That device might work for razor clams as well iheartbb!




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iheart, I think that's it!! I'll check around, thanks!

You can make one pretty easily from 3" PVC

I could never figure out a mechanism to keep them in the tube, though. I'd have no clue. I always go way overboard on things like this and I'm sure I'd finally get it to work by sticking that 3" PVC onto the end of a Shop-Vac and dragging it around the field.

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First off Krak, you're going to need to screw one of these into each baseball...





Then you'll have to rig this up somehow to your length of 3" PVC pipe...



Should work slick!



My only suggestion is to not try and take any of this through airport security.

Not everyone is as big of baseball fan as those of us here on the HSBBW!




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You wanted the "tube that picks up baseballs."

I found the "b o o b that thrown them back down."

The key word to search on and google is "ballhawg."

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Look at those balls bounce papi.

Kinda' reminds me of a jug I know...

Fiddle Dum and Fiddle Dee!

...and now the Glenn Miller version.





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That's the one!!! Mike Compton's gizmo. I think he was the first to develop it. Real nice guy, former catcher, currently a minor league manager with, I think the Phillie's.

My middle son took catcher lessons from him years ago in Tampa at Dave Kent's and Jody Reed's "Hitting Zone".

Yes, THAT is the site I remember. I thought the other one looked short compared to what I thought I'd seen in these forums before.

THANKS!

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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I hired this guy once to clean my gutters Krak...I would imagine he'd pick up baseballs if the price was right.






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Anything for a buck

A device to pickup baseballs? What's next, a brain-interface to automatically succeed at X-Box? Good grief!

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Xbox? I still can't figure out this one...






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