Ironically this Army duffel bag was called without fail, an Army Duffel Bag. This was one item that was totally color blind. it was not The Green of the Army, not Navy Blue and not Marine Corps Green.

Our bat bag so universally called the Army duffel bag, now our bat bag, the Navy and the Marines knew it as a Sea Bag.

It was plain an simple an Army Duffel Bag for all of us grateful young ball players. All men who ever served in the military service carried the identical bag to war.

For anyone who might not know the use and purpose of the Army Duffel Bag, it was the (if you will) suitcase, the chest of drawers, the closet for personal/military clothing while overseas in a combat zone.

This baseball bat bag made an ideal carryall and keeping place for the team bats and the catchers equipment and often the balls.

However, most times the balls were carried and kept in a used 5 gallon paint bucket.

Before I leave the thought on the duffel bags, these bags were often a gift to a son or nephew for his team from one of the Home from the War returning Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen.

The bags were strong tough material of ideal size and had a carrying strap suited for the bat boy to sling over his shoulder and waddle under the weight back to the clubhouse room.

The baseball bat bag, which was a standard piece of baseball equipment, was that ole Army duffel bag.

Now with the prolifiration of youth baseball equipment, with many youngsters growing up and leaving the game for other endeavors, it is smart money to visit yard sales for excellent used equipment priced at below wholesale baseball equipment costs.

The five (5) gallon used paint buckets to carry the balls was standard fare for the assistant coaches to tend. They were also (buckets) used to set throwing targets for outfielders.

An outfielder who threw a perfect toss to home plate, into the open end of a five gallon bucket lying on home plate, was roundly cheered by his teammates.

That throw had to be onto the infield and into the bucket with only one clean hop.

That bucket held the old used dirty balls which we used daily during practice.

There was another ball bag that the coach, not the assistants, kept exclusively at his disposal. These were the new or almost new balls he would let only the pitchers use.

This ball bag was a canvas, bag with two handles, reminiscent of bags pictured in the old carpetbagger cartoons.

I didn't mean to get long winded talking about the old army duffel bags, as baseball bat bags, which were such a godsend for use as bat bags. But this is one of the things remembered I feel you would like for me to share with you.

This is the type of information I hope to utilize on this website to share and bring into focus the things which made baseball our National pastime.

Bailey along with Doug, Bo and myself (If you give me the honor the "Baseball Whiz") enjoy your thoughts and comments so keep those clicks and browsers tuned in and coming to baseballfarming.com

Bat boy bag up the bats. The rain is coming.

"Rain rain go away, little Johnny wants to play!" Rain has stopped.

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