I wish they would make the ball available at 2pm instead of noon. We often pick up a BB before noon (like provisioning in Soper's).
The balls could (would) be FCFS between the time they are vacated and 2pm, which would make them more useful for a lunch stop.

Most of the time you could probably get away with staying on the BB longer since few reservation holders show up right at noon, but I never want to take the chance and be that guy.