Who provides the bat boy for the visiting MLB club?

Except in very rare circumstances, bat boys don't travel on road trips. Home and visiting bat boys are both employed by the home team. When a team goes on the road, they pack a bat boy equipment bag to take along, which holds uniforms for each of the teams they'll be visiting on that road trip. read more

Except in very rare circumstances, bat boys don't travel on road trips. Home and visiting bat boys are both employed by the home team. When a team goes on the road, they pack a bat boy equipment bag to take along, which holds uniforms for each of the teams they'll be visiting on that road trip. read more

So the home and visiting bat boys are both employed by the home team. In the minors, this uniform situation is simple enough: The home bat boy wears the home team's home uni all season, and the visiting bat boy wears the home team's road uniform all season. read more

It all depends. I was a bat boy for the Giants one game when I was 12. Some of the bat boys were players sons or organization family members. My girl friend's dad did the catering for the team, so that's how I got hooked up. Generally, the home team provides bat boys (or girls - yes there have been a few) for the visiting team as well. read more