No.
No, the "black" is NOT part of home plate. Home plate is 17 inches wide. Some home-plate models have a black edge that extends beyond that 17 inches. The utility of that black edge is to protect the white edge of the actually plate from chipping.
Technically yes, but some umpires dont consider it a strike, or they don't see it as a strike.
If the black banding you are talking about is the black edge around every home plate, it is still there. This is where the phrase "painting the black" for pitchers was coined.
if the ball hits the black edge of the home plate this means it is a ball. hope I helped. if you have anyome more trouble email and I can help(:
No. Any part of the runners body may touch the plate.
infeet it is 43 feet from home to the pitching mound
I believe what you were told is correct
Black plate refers to the original license plate that was assigned to a CA car. The plates were black with yellow numbers and letters.
he has hit a home run from the plate and also thrown people out at home plate.
It is part of the Australian-Indian plate.
they would put a plate of sorts above the home that read god have mercy on us if the family had been attacked with the plague
Yes. The umpire calls the pitch by determining if any part of the ball crossed any part of the plate within the strike zone. If the pitch does not cross home plate, the umpire calls a ball. If the pitch crosses any part of home plate, the umpire determines the height of the ball as it crossed the plate. If the beight is within the strike zone, it is called a strike. If it is outside the strike zone, it is called a ball.