60 feet, 6 inches on any regulations field.
in the major leages when pitches are 80-100 mph, usually a second or less
It would depend on the pitch. some pitches rely on rotation to "dance". But there isn't an exact number of rotations. That would be extremely hard to calculate.
About a half a second.
Normal human reaction time is .2 seconds.
60 feet 6 inches
60.5 ft
It depends on who the pitcher is and what pitch it is.
Yes why not!
in little league the home plate is exactly 44.4832 ft on a baseball regulation mound without a mound it would be about 44.2 ft give or take an error by the people that constructed the field
If you caught a baseball bat, I imagine it'd be just like catching a baseball, you'd get to keep it as a souvenir.
30% give or take 100%.
It would take the ball .26 sec. to get from the pitcher to the batter.
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The original theory was that they used baskets of dirt, and that may still hold true for smaller mounds. Recent studies show that much more complex methods were required for the larger mounds (although they don't give examples of what that may have been).
Catcher's interference. If the batter's swing hits the catcher's mitt and then continues through and hits the ball into play. It's the manager's option to take the result of the play or accept the interference by awarding the batter 1st base.
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To supplant means to take the place of someone. The mental image of "heel catcher" is someone behind you, trying to slow you down so he can take your place.