home plate
noun
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples of home plate in a Sentence
The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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The Pirates organization offered the youngster a pair of Pirates season tickets behind home plate for 30 years, a softball game at PNC Park with Pirates alumni as coaches, two autographed Skenes jerseys and a meet and greet with the hurler, among other incentives.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
While some marquee ad placements—such as the outfield wall or behind home plate—are comparable, other relationships have required a different mix of signage or hospitality offerings, or an accommodation in the form of a deal extension or deferred payment.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Once things appeared to be settled, a player from Prairie View A&M and Jackson State kept going back and forth in a verbal argument, during which the former needed to be held back near home plate.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Extra bases: The first three times a call by home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski was challenged, his call was overturned by an ABS review.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
While some marquee ad placements—such as the outfield wall or behind home plate—are comparable, other relationships have required a different mix of signage or hospitality offerings, or an accommodation in the form of a deal extension or deferred payment.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Once things appeared to be settled, a player from Prairie View A&M and Jackson State kept going back and forth in a verbal argument, during which the former needed to be held back near home plate.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Extra bases: The first three times a call by home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski was challenged, his call was overturned by an ABS review.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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