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
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The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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Does the pitcher throw the ball towards home plate, or does the batter throw it at the pitcher’s mound?
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Left fielder Al Gionfriddo — in what turned out to be his last major league game — raced to the bullpen fence (415 feet from home plate) to rob DiMaggio of the home run.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The garage sale was staged near the Park Blvd Plaza and at one point had nearly 1,000 people in a line that wrapped up and around a walkway, down the right field line all the way behind home plate.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates reaffirmed their offer from a couple of months ago that involved a package that includes two season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park — the team’s home venue — for 30 years and a host of other unique experiences and items.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Left fielder Al Gionfriddo — in what turned out to be his last major league game — raced to the bullpen fence (415 feet from home plate) to rob DiMaggio of the home run.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The garage sale was staged near the Park Blvd Plaza and at one point had nearly 1,000 people in a line that wrapped up and around a walkway, down the right field line all the way behind home plate.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates reaffirmed their offer from a couple of months ago that involved a package that includes two season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park — the team’s home venue — for 30 years and a host of other unique experiences and items.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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