How to grab a baseball off the ground?

May 14, 2010 by crombie_fitch_1892 | Posted in Baseball

So...this is a little tricky...but I need to come up with a ball retrieval device to pick up baseballs from about 7-8 feet up.

Any ideas? And no, not fishing nets...I was thinking something to use with a rope..But can't come up with any

this might help. i have an orange tree in my yard and use a basket on a pole to pick them. it works great. the basket has some "fingers" at the top to help get a hold of the oranges. i've used this when a small ball goes over my fence into my

ktarcodeman | May 14, 2010

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