Maybe I am just high-strung, but I'd be a little upset if I could have received my ball from the President of the United State or a BB Hall of Famer, but instead got it from a giant woodchuck or whatever that thing is (sometimes I express fear as anger LOL).
Oh, they’re all receiving the ball directly from the President. I think ‘Dugout’ is simply handing them to the President from the stash of them off camera.