[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by will.wins15

from how i am reading those rules, it seems that the payload specialist is only required to use the tongs when getting balls that were on the field. i may be mistaken, but your question seemed geared towards the ability to get balls over the wall, and into play. as i'm reading it, the tongs don't come into play there.

if i'm wrong, please correct me, because it seems fairly important.

I'm not asking anything to do with throwing/putting/dropping balls over the wall. I'm only concerned about picking them out of the fueling station.

The way I read the rules, the GAME PIECES are the orbit balls, not the tongs. I can't find any rules about or any limitation to use of the tongs by other people (other than the payload specialists).