In baseball, the base at which the batter stands, and which baserunners must contact to earn a run.
(Baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score.
1He had trouble even seeing home plate through the cloud of bugs.
2Pete watched the man shuffle to home plate and take his position.
3It's 60 feet six inches from the pitchers mound to home plate.
4The home plate should if possible be a piece of whitened rubber.
5The home plate is marked upon the ground and is 2 feet square.
6Milledge broke late for home plate and was nailed for the third out.
7But the switch had already been signaled to home plate umpire Artie Gore.
8Bennett crossed home plate before Pete made it halfway to first.
9Discusses a controversial call by home plate umpire Doug Eddings in the A.L.C.S.
10He looked toward home plate, where Davy, Johnny, and Nemo stood.
11He cocked his elbow and snapped the ball toward home plate.
12Captain Purcell, half frantic, was doubled up at the home plate.
13The ball was lying on the ground next to home plate.
14Charlie paced from the dirt mound to home plate and then back again.
15Nemo looked at the pitcher's mound, at second base, and then at home plate.
16Somewhere between second base and home plate he threw his glove to the ground.
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