Field Boss

Welcome to the Field Boss Page!

This Field Boss page is where you find all the information you need pertaining to the Field Boss and Field Boss Duties. Visit this page frequently for the latest schedules and updated duties. Due to the increasing number of missed field boss and concession duties during the last couple of years the MBA board of directors has adopted the following policy. Each missed field boss or concession duty will result in the loss of that teams post game drink privileges as well as the forfeiture of 1 division win beginning with the first division win. A list of teams not receiving post game drinks will be kept in the appropriate concession stand. To get a forfeited game and post game drink privileges reinstated 2 additional field boss or concession duties, whichever is applicable, must be performed for each duty missed. If a team ends the season without making up missed field boss or concession duties the head coach of that team will be given the lowest priority in the coach selection process the following season. The penalties are posted and will be enforced. Please see the Field Boss Duties below for more information about performing the Field Boss Duty.

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Concession note:  Field Boss's get a ½ price sandwich and a free fountain drink or bottle water.

1. Opening Boss report to field at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the first game.  Report to the concession manager to let her know you are there and available.

2. Verify that the equipment storage shed for Rookie, Prep, and T-ball is unlocked. Assist the home teams in setting up the pitching machines on fields # 3, 4 and 6.  Make sure electricity is available to all fields, and the machines are working.  Assist in field maintenance in case of rain if needed.  Report any electrical or equipment issues to the VP Grounds or Equipment manager.

3. Verify that equipment office and Umpires changing rooms are open.  If not the concession manager should have a key.

4. Verify that game balls are available to Umpires.  Provide 3 new balls and 2 used balls for Minor & Major per game.  For Rookie provide 5 new balls for the early game and reuse the same 5 if there is a second game.  In case of severe mud, allow used balls for replacement during a game as necessary.

5. Make sure official scorebooks and game summary sheets are ready for Rookie, Minor, and Major league games.

6. Make sure that the official scorebooks and game summary sheets have been picked up by the home team on each field.  If not, then deliver them to the field and remind the coach that this is his responsibility.

7. Verify that scoreboard sets are on fields 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Make sure that the breakers are on and the scoreboards are working.  Check game schedule to determine whether make-up games are scheduled on fields 7 & 8.  If so, set scoreboards up on fields 7 & 8.

8. Turn on lights on all fields, when necessary and prior to dusk to allow adequate vision and safe play. Keep electrical room locked at all times to prevent electrical accidents or someone accidentally turning off a field.  Note:  the lights take forever to come back on once turned off.

9. Be available to umpires if assistance is required to maintain order on the fields or in the stands

10. Assist in summoning aid in medical emergencies; know where the medical kits are and how to use them in case of an accident.

11. Provide direction in field maintenance, if needed, before, during or between games.

12. Assist in rainout calls, monitoring weather, especially threatening lightning, be prepared to call games due to severe weather, use bull horns in equipment room if necessary.

13. Collect game summary sheets and official scorebooks after all games, placing game summary sheets in the appropriate files in the equipment office for player agent review.

14. Closing field boss makes sure all pitching machines, cords, and equipment have been put back into the equipment shed and locked up. 

15. Closing field boss make sure all scoreboard sets are unplugged and the sets and cords placed back in the equipment office. Make sure the equipment office is locked, the shed is locked and the Umpires changing room is locked.

16. Closing field boss will need to remain on site until the concession stand is closed and assist the concession stand personnel for security and lock up.

Field Boss Duty Procedures - Weekends

1. Opening Boss report to field 30 minutes prior to the start of the first game.  Report to the concession manager to let her know you are there and available.  All field bosses to assist in raking and lining fields in preparation for weekend games.

2. Unlock equipment storage shed for Rookie, Prep, and T-ball and assist coaches in setting up the pitching machines on fields # 3, 4 and 6.  Make sure electricity is available to all fields, and the machines are working.  Report any electrical or equipment issues to the VP Grounds or Equipment manager.

3. Verify that the equipment office and Umpires changing rooms are unlocked.  If not the concession manager should have a key.

4. Deliver game balls to Umpires.  Provide 3 new balls and 2 used balls for Minor & Major.  For Rookie provide 5 new balls for the early game and reuse the same 5 if there is a second game.  In case of severe mud, allow used balls for replacement during a game as necessary.

5. Make sure official scorebooks and game summary sheets are ready for Rookie, Minor, and Major league games.

6. Make sure that the official scorebooks and game summary sheets have been picked up by the home team on each field.  If not, then deliver them to the field and remind the coach that this is his responsibility.

7. Set up all scoreboard sets on fields 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Make sure that the breakers are on and the scoreboards are working.  Check game schedule to determine whether make-up games are scheduled on fields 7 & 8.  If so, set scoreboards up on fields 7 & 8.

8. Turn on lights on all fields, when necessary and prior to dusk to allow adequate vision and safe play. Keep electrical room locked at all times to prevent electrical accidents or someone accidentally turning off a field.  Note:  the lights take forever to come back on once turned off.

9. Be available to umpires if assistance is required to maintain order on the fields or in the stands

10. Assist in summoning aid in medical emergencies; know where the medical kits are and how to use them in case of an accident.

11. Provide direction in field maintenance, if needed, before, during or between games

12. Assist in rainout calls, monitoring weather, especially threatening lightning, be prepared to call games due to severe weather, use bull horns in equipment room if necessary.

13. Collect game summary sheets and official scorebooks after all games, placing game summary sheets in the appropriate files in the equipment office for player agent review.

14. Closing field boss makes sure all pitching machines, cords, and equipment have been put back into the equipment shed and locked up. 

15. Closing field boss make sure all scoreboard sets are unplugged and the sets and cords placed back in the equipment office. Make sure the equipment office is locked, the shed is locked and the Umpires changing room is locked.

16. Closing field boss will need to remain on site until the concession stand is closed and assist the concession stand personnel for security and lock up.

Field Boss Duties 4-2002