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The starting point for much of the action on the field is home plate, which is a five-sided slab of whitened rubber, 17-inches square with two of the corners removed so that one edge is 17 inches long, two adjacent sides are 8½ inches, and the remaining two sides are 12 inches and set at an angle to make a point.

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home plate, which is a five-sided slab of whitened rubber, 17-inches square with two of the corners removed so that one edge is 17 inches long, two adjacent sides are 8½ inches and the remaining two sides are 12 inches and set at an angle to make a point.

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Home Plate is 17 inches (43.18 cm) across.

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7 baseballs fit across the front of home plate making it 7 baseballs wide.

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17 inches
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17 inches

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