Fielding practice, I believe. Also, possibly, a way of showing off a little for the fans. I believe that it's an age old tradition meant to keep the fielders' arms warm during the middle of the game.
All star cheerleaders get more hurt because they get tossed and football players don't really do anything.......
The ball gets handed to the umpire once it hits the dirt and not in the instance of the baseball hitting the dirt in the field is up to the Home Plate Umpire's discretion however Pitchers have the rights to request a new baseball provided it becomes too dirty to get a grip on. Pitchers will like the dirt on the ball because it will be able to move more however the opposing team and Umpires will find this an unfair advantage which is the reason in which baseballs will usually be tossed out of play to the umpire but it doesn't always happen in the event of a batted ball hitting the infield dirt.
Tossed and checked for flaws
tossed
Tossed - Toased
The suffix for tossed is ed
Johnny not only caught the baseball his friend tossed to him, he also caught the flu.
tossed = threw finished = through
This answer is tossed around a lot, but the first test of the telephone was in 1845 by John Bellard
My guess would be that the ball was a second and used just to give out with/for sigs. In other words, it wasn't "good enough" for league play but still tossed around just fine. :)
not that far unless the catcher wears a baseball glove somthing soft
65