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