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i believe that the two people at home plate are aptly named the umpire and the catcher. the umpires job is too call the game by either calling a strike, safe, out, ball, or batter walks. the catchers job is to receive the ball from anyone of the players on his/her team and try to get the runner out
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You leave home and you make 3 left turns and when you return home you are greeted by 2 men in masks Who are the men in masks?
The CORRECT answer is, "the catcher." (The BASEBALL catcher). You were confused by the first 4 words.
What is the angle measure at homeplate on a softball field?
In the game of baseball, home plate has three right angles, and two congruent ones. The sum of home plate can be derived from the formula 3(90) + 2x = {(5 - 2)*180}.
Who was the first of Roger Maris' New York Yankees teammates to greet him at home plate following his sixty first home run of the 1961 season?
Yogi Berra. The two people at home plate to congratulate Maris on #61 were Berra and the bat boy.
What is a batters box in softball?
It is two 7 feet by 3 feet boxes (one on each side of home plate) that the batter must stand in to attempt to hit a pitched ball.
How can you win a baseball game without crossing home plate?
Two answers: 1. The other team doesn't show up, so your team wins by forfeit or 2. you are not a player, but the owner/coach/manager so it's still your team. Somebody crosssed home plate, just not you.
How do you locate home plate once foul poles are installed?
The center of home plate will be where the two foul poles meet at a right (90 degree) angle
What is the size and dimensions of a baseball field?
The baseball infield is a 90 foot square turned 45 degrees to form a "diamond" shape. The outfield is all the area is all the are between the foul lines formed by extending two sides of the square. The pitcher's plate is 60 feet, 6 inches to the front of the home base (plate). The distance from home plate to 2nd base and from 3rd base to 1st base is 127 feet, 3 3/8 inches. This distance from home plate to the nearest fence, stands, or other obstruction in fair territory shall be 250 feet or more. There are many other dimensions and other features of a baseball field that are required or recommended by the rules of baseball, but the above is the basics.
What has five sides and two right angles?
Home plate or the ends of a properly built house.
Which professional baseball players have hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning?
Mark Bellhorn of the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning of a game on August 29, 2002 and Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians in the seventh inning of a game on April 8, 1993 are the only two players that have hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning.
Has a Major League Baseball team ever hit a one run home run a two run home run a three run home run and a grand slam in the same game?
No, but many people were close.
When a batter gets hit by a strike pitch leaning over home is that interferance plate My son hit two players today because they over home plate.?
It's up to the umpire's discretion. They can call the pitch a strike even if it hits someone leaning over the plate.
How many baseballs wide is the home plate?
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.
