Well, now it's home plate but we all know home plate is the beer of bases.
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CF Starling Marte stole home plate in the third inning.
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"'Veterans for Impeachment" signs were also unfurled behind home plate.
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Kind of give the home plate guy a heads up.
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The umpire can usher you away from the home plate.
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And got it right over home plate from the mound.
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A lefty, Brown threw several feet wide of home plate.
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Jeff Flake, they were both in and around home plate.
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Another security detail person was closer to home plate, probably.
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Home plate umpire Clint Fagan issued warnings to both benches.
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The only out came on a relay to home plate.
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A hitting screen was placed across home plate, bisecting it.
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Wind is blowing out from home plate to left field.
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Then, with one out, Starlin Castro walked to home plate.
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The hitters are inside the portable cage at home plate.
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The teams congregated behind home plate, but nothing further occurred.
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We are not at home plate on global growth yet.
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Some entrepreneurs truly hit a home run from home plate.
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Tax returns are like having front-row seats behind home plate.
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I run around to the first base side of home plate.
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But home plate umpire Carlos Torres ruled it a foul ball.
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Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) is blocked from home plate by Rep.
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A square array well behind home plate monitors the strike zone.
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Hamilton rolled his toward home plate, as if he were curling.
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CHICAGO — Rick Hahn sat in the first row behind home plate.
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When Ozuna touched home plate, Bonds extended his hand and waited.
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First, the two played catch while d'Arnaud crouched behind home plate.
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Even Cespedes was in disbelief, mouthing, "Wow!" after crossing home plate.
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Nestor Chylak's career behind home plate almost never came to be.
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She was joined by six other mothers sitting behind home plate.
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The gregarious rookie hopped, skipped and jumped immediately after reaching home plate.
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He was surely thinking of Fernéndez as he crossed the home plate.
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He stood near home plate admiring his work for a bit, too.
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Buster Posey just chilling at home plate will never not be funny.
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Manager Robin Ventura challenged, claiming Hanigan violated the home plate collision rule.
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After Rojas touched home plate, the Marlins stormed the field to celebrate.
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I just go to home plate and do my thing up there.
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The players had to be separated by home-plate umpire Tripp Gibson.
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Another security detail person was closer to home plate, probably -- I couldn't see him but probably on the home plate side of the dugout outside the fence line, using the dug out as cover as he's firing back.
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Flanked by staff in a suite behind home plate, Trump smiled and clapped.
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McCann said something to home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott, and was immediately ejected.
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Flores hurt his neck in a collision at home plate in Saturday's game.
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But then the home-plate umpire, Bill Welke, signaled that it was not.
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So Coghlan raised his hand and asked the home-plate umpire for time.
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After the at-bat, Colin joked with the home-plate umpire, Angel Hernandez.
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Home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman pointed at Ramirez, but did not eject him.
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Chapman is getting that low pitch from the home plate umpire Tony Randazzo.
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Home plate umpire Jeff Nelson quickly waved to the Pirates' bench for assistance.
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So he stepped up to home plate for his first look at Ryan.
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The fans also gave him an ovation, and Machado waved from home plate.
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They threw out four runners at home plate and forced out one more.
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The manhole up the block became home plate for our Wiffle ball games.
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Boone argued with the home-plate umpire Ed Hickox and then with Meals.
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"When Giancarlo hits that ball you start celebrating at home plate," Boone said.
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Manager Joe Girardi was not pleased with the home plate umpire's strike zone.
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The home-plate umpire, Jeff Kellogg, saw it differently, however, calling Flores out.
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The view from home plate is of the golden forest and snow-capped mountains.
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He then tossed his cap onto home plate and kicked the dirt around it.
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We think that's what we see next to "Home Plate" in the Columbia Hills.
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We know we have those signs behind home plate ... It's really a lucky play.
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He injured the thumb in a home plate collision on April 30 in Philadelphia.
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Then he came closer to home plate on the other end of the dugout.
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Brandon Belt, who had two hits, popped up behind home plate to end inning.
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A white sheet of paper was laid on the ground to demarcate home plate.
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I saw more pitches, and I've tried to be more selective at home plate.
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Gordon touched his heart and pointed to the sky when he touched home plate.
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Tom Hallion, the home plate umpire, called them balls, and Kershaw grimaced each time.
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Soler took Means' second pitch into the Orioles' bullpen, 393 feet from home plate.
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Mitchell checked his swing, but the home plate umpire, Babe Pinelli, signaled strike three.
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Tebow was doused with Gatorade and mobbed by teammates when he reached home plate.
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I chase after the ball, pick it up and throw blindly toward home plate.
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Also, whenever I watch the Blue Jays, I always see him behind home plate.
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But Story snuck his hand around Diaz and touched home plate to tie the game.
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Demonstrators also unfurled "Veterans for Impeachment" banners behind home plate during the World Series game.
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An initial report said Bryant suffered a mild sprain in the run for home plate.
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He then moved behind home plate, but never came inside the fence surrounding the field.
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At that point I ran around home plate and hid behind the plastic batting cage.
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The 9K run/2 1/2-mile walk ended at home plate at Fenway Park.
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And the shooter starts coming around home plate where we are, outside the fence line.
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Astros manager A.J. Hinch had Reddick take the lineup to home plate before the game.
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"We did not have the ball hitting the bat," said home plate umpire Jim Joyce.
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Tebow's teammates rushed out to greet him at home plate after the opposite-field bash.
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That brought Cora, the Red Sox' manager, charging out of the dugout toward home plate.
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The home-plate umpire, Postema, did not exactly exert herself in separating the aged adversaries.
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Angie Dickinson is in a sun dress rooting from a private box near home plate.
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Today, three large dormitories hover over the field behind the area where home plate was.
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Girardi then grabbed several handfuls of dirt and spread them on home plate before departing.
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Donaldson stared into the White Sox dugout and mock-whistled as he crossed home plate.
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The ball sizzled over protective netting and into her loge-level seat behind home plate.
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Utley and Seager scored and Gonzalez took second base on the throw to home plate.
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He and his catcher thought they had another strikeout, but the home plate umpire disagreed.
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Like the home plate collision, it is a logistical problem that was never definitively cleared up.
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Kate Upton was spotted behind home plate to cheer on fiancé and Astros pitcher Justin Verlander.
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Home-plate umpire Mike Estabrook ejected Maddon, who lingered to argue before eventually leaving the field.
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If you're not watching in full screen, you see a home plate in front of you.
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Bryant was ejected in the fourth inning after arguing calls with home plate umpire Lance Barksdale.
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He also took ground balls and line drives, and made throws to second and home plate.
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This video is another version of what I envisioned – and home plate brings it full circle.
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Yu Darvish hurts Lewis Brinson and the home plate umpire on the same 99 mph pitch.
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Every crap pitch Quintana heaved down the sixty feet to home plate, Cain managed to catch.
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Bystander video showed a maroon sedan driving across home plate and up the third base line.
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"I was just so excited to get back with the boys at home plate," Harper said.
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Behind home plate, two fans dressed in Ninja Turtle costumes stuck out the whole, long defeat.
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Gillaspie drove it to the furthest reaches of AT&T Park, 21 feet from home plate.
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He then threw his batting gloves and shin guards toward home plate, close to Miller's feet.
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Hernandez then tied the game with a single, Forsythe beating Josh Reddick's throw to home plate.
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He flipped his helmet upon reaching home plate and was doused with Gatorade by Brett Gardner.
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He was escorted to first base by Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud and the home plate umpire.
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They sat in his seats behind home plate and received two of his gloves as gifts.
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He flipped his helmet upon reaching home plate and was doused with Gatorade by Brett Gardner.
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I know at home plate sometimes it's a little hard, but that's what the fans want.
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In addition, Torreyes was apparently tagged before Austin Romine crossed home plate with the fourth run.
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And after crossing home plate, Zimmerman just kept sprinting, into the dugout tunnel at Marlins Park.
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After a home run is hit, the batter just touches home plate without running the bases.
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Above, Jackie Robinson raced toward home plate in the opening game of the 1955 World Series.
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All of that added up to Jake going ballistic when the winning run crossed home plate.
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Odor threw to home plate, but catcher Bobby Wilson juggled the ball as Bandy slid around Wilson.
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But Cavan Biggio's relay throw to catcher Reese McGuire just beat a diving Taylor at home plate.
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I don&apost really understand the allure of sitting directly behind home plate at a baseball game.
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Home plate umpire Lance Barrett tossed Raburn after he argued a called third strike in the sixth.
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When Tim Tebow approached home plate on Thursday, the former NFL quarterback smacked a three-run homer.
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Other changes include adjusting the mound's distance from home plate and a three-batter minimum for pitchers.
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The dude points at his catcher then drops the hammer without taking his eyes off home plate.
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Collins can be heard shouting at the home plate umpire after he tossed Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard.
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We won't even get into how stadiums moved outfield walls closer to home plate over the years.
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When you're rounding third toward a catcher waiting for you at home plate, your options are limited.
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He was looking out onto the field from behind home plate, sort of harried, sort of pensive.
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Nunez raced in from third to make the catch between Posey and the screen behind home plate.
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It was the first major league game that Emrick attended, in general-admission seats behind home plate.
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It was only then that he heard the home-plate umpire Ramon De Jesus's call: strike two.
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With Lonnie Chisenhall at the plate Paulino threw a pitch that bounced in front of home plate.
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Home plate umpire Ben May then twice looked at the Yankee dugout and Boone was promptly ejected.
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If the series goes six games, Joe West will be the home plate umpire in that game.
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Twice on the same play, Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia tagged out a Cardinal at home plate.
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So, after remaining near home plate to make certain, a bat flip seemed like an appropriate reaction.
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My dad is in the newspaper photo, standing at home plate, waiting for Seerey to come in.
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Moe Berg's story is so good that you'll forgive "The Spy Behind Home Plate" for overtelling it.
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"I know the mechanics," she said, "but for some reason the ball just doesn't reach home plate."
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To begin the ninth, Guyer hit a high pop-up near home plate that Romine camped under.
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Gonzalez: I remember going out there and going berserk, and Jeff Kellogg was the home plate umpire.
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A LATE TAG means you've pulled off the heist and moved forward, even (rarely) across home plate.
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This year, I tweeted that the changeup he threw me in 1998 had just crossed home plate.
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Twice against the Cleveland Indians, the Mets made the first out of an inning at home plate.
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HOUSTON — Carlos Correa stopped halfway to home plate as his Houston Astros teammates bounced around in delight.
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Atlanta catcher Kurt Suzuki and the home plate umpire Brian O'Nora stepped in to defuse the tension.
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The Yankees brought a gold-colored, home plate-shaped box that had his name and trinkets inside.
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Sure enough, Flores was easily thrown out at home plate after a single by T. J. Rivera.
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As he crossed home plate, Stanton pointed back with his left hand — a pointed gesture toward Fiers.
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Yankees 6, Phillies 0 PHILADELPHIA — As Austin Romine took off for third on a wild pitch, he was greeted by a worrying sight when he peeked toward home plate — the ball had ricocheted off the brick wall behind home plate and bounced right back to Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp.
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Basically, in the game of one o'cat it seems that the pitcher's mound is the only base, or "cat," and you stand at home plate, hit a ball, and run frantically back and forth between your home plate and your pitcher until someone pegs you and you're out.
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COLLISION AT HOME PLATE SPARKS BENCH-CLEARING BRAWL BETWEEN DODGERS, RANGERS Weather, however, can't explain the issues everywhere.
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Marisnick touched home plate and then checked on Lucroy, and was soon joined by some of Lucroy's teammates.
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Chatwood threw a 20-pitch bullpen Saturday with the catcher standing on home plate rather than behind hit.
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I was seated approximately 440 feet from home plate in what the Astros euphemistically call auxiliary press seating.
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"I asked (home plate umpire Ed Hickox) to confer with each other that it was lodged," Counsell said.
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Major League Baseball doesn't require extended netting; it doesn't even require netting between home plate and the dugouts.
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According to USA Today, the Cubs' Anthony Rizzo hit a foul ball into the stands behind home plate.
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These range from $26 for home run porch tickets to $81 for a home plate box mid seat.
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"He was the home plate umpire and missed a lot of them last night," Hosmer said of Rackley.
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A stunned Fernández admired the hit with a great deal of emotion before he journeyed to home plate.
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Gausman's 97-mph fastball sailed behind Urena, but he was immediately ejected by home plate umpire Jeff Nelson.
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Who wouldn't want to cross home plate to the sounds of This Is What the Truth Feels Like?
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Motte took exception and started to confront Pillar before home-plate umpire Brian O'Nora stepped in to intervene.
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But Astros left fielder and utility man extraordinaire Marwin Gonzalez, made with an accurate throw to home plate.
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Dan Iassogna, the home-plate umpire, warned both benches, and Justin Smoak bounced to third with one out.
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Instead of the home plate umpire calling balls and strikes, Sportvision's Pitch f/x system did the work.
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As we sat behind home plate Wednesday, the Indians were in first place in the American League Central.
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As he stood at home plate, Torres dropped his head, even if he allowed for a slight smile.
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The speedy Hamilton sprinted around the bases before leaping into a sea of Reds players at home plate.
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Reynolds followed with a fly to right field, and Heyward's throw was wide as Zimmerman crossed home plate.
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Girardi came out to argue with the home plate umpire, Mike Everitt, who then convened with his crew.
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Flores has not played since he injured his right wrist in a collision at home plate on Sept.
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MIAMI — The best vantage point from which to truly appreciate how Bartolo Colon pitches is behind home plate.
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It's the theatrics of a young baseball player soaking in ALL the glory while "running" to home plate.
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I was sitting behind home plate with the commissioner and Castro was there sitting next to the commissioner.
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About six scouts showed up to watch, their iPads and radar guns at the ready behind home plate.
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The very next pitch was drilled by Clendenon over the center-field wall 410 feet from home plate.
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Competition nurtures resilience, and I love seeing him jump with sheer joy whenever a teammate crosses home plate.
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On Friday night, in Game 113, Houston left fielder Marwin Gonzalez threw out Greg Bird at home plate.
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His broadcast booth at Rawhide Ballpark was an open-air concrete bunker in the stands behind home plate.
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Ryan, now an executive adviser with the Astros, watched Verlander from a seat behind home plate last week.
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Known for his strong arm, Cespedes threw from the outfield to home plate this week, according to Rojas.
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Left fielder Greg Allen threw a strike to home plate, and Stewart was tagged out by catcher Perez.
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After the surrendering the blast, Chapman crouched near the mound, his back to home plate, and breathed heavily.
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I learned that a pitch that comes DOWN THE PIPE is one that comes right over home plate.
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Miguel Rojas smacked what looked like a game-winning double to left field, sending Ozuna toward home plate.
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Home plate is a beat-up piece of plywood and no two players wear matching shirts, let alone uniforms.
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As he neared home plate, Rosales mimicked Solarte's pronounced hand clap that resembles the snapping jaws of an alligator.
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The Cubs fans packed into the seats behind home plate, all of them on their feet, screamed their vindication.
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Jones, plate umpire Angel Hernandez and Blue Jays C Russell Martin scooped up the pieces from around home plate.
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But he was caught by the guards as he made his way to home plate, with no exit plan.
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The Atlantic League is conveying balls and strikes from its TrackMan system to home plate umps with...Air Pods.
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Then, suddenly (conveniently???), the camera pans back to the field just in time for Tebow to cross home plate.
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In fact, it can curve as much as 17-1/2 inches between the pitcher's mound and home plate.
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Franco's homer landed 395 feet away from home plate against Jarlin Garcia for his third hit of the game.
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Arenado looked at Hamels as home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz put his arm around him to avoid an incident.
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"My first thing that came to my mind was just go to home plate and congratulate him," Hernandez said.
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Zunino jawed at Santana on his way to first base and home plate umpire Greg Gibson warned both benches.
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Servais, standing between the home dugout and home plate, shouted something at Torres that caused him to get tossed.
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Eric Hosmer was ejected for the first time in his career after arguing with home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor.
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Posey and Bumgarner both shook Nunez's hand at home plate as he made the long trot back to third.
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Facing an 0-2 count, Gonzalez deposited a bunt between home plate and the mound that Giolito fielded cleanly.
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Christin Stewart hesitated to throw the ball back in and Mondesi kept running all the way to home plate.
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Flores has not played since he injured his right wrist in a collision at home plate on Sept. 10.
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Sabathia wound up twisting his right ankle backing up home plate before exiting with one out in the fifth.
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Teammates mobbed Heyward near home plate after the towering, walk-off blast, which marked his third career grand slam.
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Cracker's playful pitches of shade splatted onto the unoccupied home plate like globs of cigarette-butt-flavored Jell-O.
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The Cardinals themselves anointed a "rally squirrel" in 2011 after it dashed across home plate during a playoff game.
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Both runners scored while Chapman neglected to back up home plate, instead standing, stunned, in front of the mound.
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In 1997, teams accused the Mets of planting small cameras near home plate in Shea Stadium to steal signals.
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Sanchez blasted a 2-1 changeup deep into the left-field seats, an estimated 493 feet from home plate.
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His teammates emptied the dugout to greet him, and Molina flipped off his helmet as he crossed home plate.
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"I feel really confident in controlling the runners and still delivering a quality pitch to home plate," Syndergaard said.
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Lee is a stodgy fan though, one who sits behind home plate and keeping score, rarely emoting or standing.
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Castro was originally awarded first base as home plate umpire Paul Nauert ruled he was hit by the pitch.
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The league has taken steps to address a rash of serious injuries to fans sitting in the lower sections in recent years, including issuing a recommendation before the 2000 season that clubs extend the protective netting from behind home plate to the inner portion of each dugout, or 70 feet from home plate.
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Rizzo overran home plate, however, and was out as Pham threw to catcher Yadier Molina for the inning-ending out.
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LeMahieu tagged up and was called out by home plate umpire John Tumpane, but the call was challenged and overturned.
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Then, the commissioner's office encouraged teams to shield field-level seats up to the dugout ends closest to home plate.
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INF/OF Andrew Romine took a lot of flak for bunting into a force play at home plate on Sunday.
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On a 2-2 inside pitch to Trout, home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski ruled that the ball clipped Mike Trout.
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The MLB player dropped to his knees near the home plate and he had to be consoled by his teammates.
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Juan Soto, the Nationals left fielder, had a very slim chance of throwing out the speedy Correa at home plate.
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But Roark caught a big break when Orlando Arcia chopped a 1-2 fastball right in front of home plate.
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Rays manager Kevin Cash said a steady wind blowing out from home plate was not an excuse in the loss.
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The New York Mets newcomer walked behind home plate and took his practice swings near Boston&aposs on-deck circle.
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It was a preposterously contoured park, a left-field fence being a Little League-like 251 feet from home plate.
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He was especially upset that Betances was tossed by crew chief Dana DeMuth after home plate umpire Carlos Torres didn't.
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Gregorius suffered the injury sliding headfirst into home plate to score the winning run last Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles.
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Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna had a strike zone that seemed to favor the hurlers on a chilly, windy night.
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She stood behind home plate, strummed her guitar confidently, and landed her voice cooly in the center of each note.
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Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor gave Gardenhire a quick hook after the Tigers manager yelled at him from the dugout.
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The hit came during an at-bat when Mets manager Terry Collins was ejected by home-plate umpire Carlos Torres.
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That changed on this day in 1877 when James Tyng, the catcher for Harvard, wore a mask behind home plate.
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Mr. Brady once broke his shoulder sliding headfirst into home plate in the annual Democrats-against-Republicans congressional baseball game.
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Meanwhile, Lindor raced home from third, Napoli kept running from second and crossed home plate and Ramirez did the same.
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"The home-plate umpire threw him out of the game, thinking he was trying to show him up," Maddon said.
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Lester also repeatedly glared at the home-plate umpire, Alfonso Marquez, whenever a borderline pitch was not called a strike.
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Home plate stands 310 feet from the left-field corner at Fenway, compared to 315 feet at Minute Maid Park.
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Instead, he turned his back to home plate and failed to catch the ball when it came over his head.
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" When he walked to home plate for the first time, the stadium speakers played Cody Johnson's "Welcome to the Show.
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Although the contact sounded solid, a strong wind gusting in toward home plate helped produce an inning-ending fly ball.
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He was injured Saturday while sliding headfirst into home plate while playing at Buffalo for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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Correa, the Houston shortstop, jammed his left thumb while sliding into a catcher's shinguard at home plate in early July.
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DeGrom did not allow a hit or run, and he escaped with two strikeouts and a putout at home plate.
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Alonso admired his historic homer as he made his way to first, and celebrated with teammates after crossing home plate.
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"I think slides have become a lot more creative at home plate because catchers don't block the plate," Girardi said.
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"He was hunting us," said Representative Mike Bishop, Republican of Michigan, who was at home plate when the gunman appeared.
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The ball clanked off the facing of the restaurant windows above Monument Park — an estimated 33 feet from home plate.
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Almora was distraught and in tears at home plate, throwing his hands behind his head immediately after seeing the impact.
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Puig, the Dodgers' lightning-rod outfielder, smashed a three-run homer against Pill and admired it standing at home plate.
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He dusted them onto Shea's original home plate location, which is designated by a marker in Citi Field's parking lot.
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Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski claimed he applied the tag before Eugenio Suarez's hand swiped home plate with the second run.
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Following an intentional walk, Adam Haseley hit a grounder that shortstop Miguel Rojas bobbled before throwing late to home plate.
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He was tossed out of the game by the home plate umpire, James Hoye, in the bottom of the fifth.
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But batters are not allowed to appeal if the home-plate umpire calls a checked swing a strike at first.
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The remaining reviews are spread out over force plays, hit-by-pitch confirmations, home-plate collisions, and assorted other judgment calls.
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The four men sat behind home plate, and Eric asked for Norai's help in recruiting other people for the start-up.
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Jake Lamb's home run landed in the patio area that juts out over right-center field, 413 feet from home plate.
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Video shows the car driving around the infield, turning over home plate and then heading toward the stands behind third base.
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He homered in Game 2, stared briefly into his own dugout and then raised both arms as he approached home plate.
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In 2015, the league recommended that clubs string netting from home plate to the beginning of each dugout—not the end.
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It could be one of the last World Series in which balls and strikes are called by a home plate umpire.
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Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash was ejected in the top of the fifth inning for arguing with the home plate umpire.
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He also lamented a few pitches he thought were strikes that home-plate umpire Jerry Meals didn't see the same way.
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Martin's bold decision in the eighth inning was the Indians' first straight steal of home plate since Grady Sizemore on Aug.
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Marte hit a fly ball to right fielder Jake Smolinski, whose throw to home plate arrived too late to get Trout.
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It cleared the outfield wall and bullpen easily and landed in a row of seats almost 430 feet from home plate.
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Milwaukee catcher Yasmani Grandal was ejected by home plate umpire Jordan Baker for arguing balls and strikes in the sixth inning.
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Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire was ejected in the bottom of the fifth after a dispute with home plate umpire Carlos Torres.
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Astros right fielder Josh Roddick misplayed Olson's hit to allow Semien to cross home plate for a 1-0 Oakland lead.
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The Sunday game in Cincinnati was delayed several minutes while a swarm of bees was removed from the home-plate area.
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But Carlos Torres, the home-plate umpire, instantly threw up his hands to call a foul tip, prolonging Wolters's at-bat.
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Rendon, just off the injured list, argued the call, and home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor threw him out of the game.
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I never hear safe or out, so I turned to try to throw to home plate, and that's when it dropped.
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Oakland Athletics outfielder Coco Crisp was suspended for one game for intentionally throwing his bat toward the home plate umpire D .
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But it was reversed: Piazza threw the ball from his old position at home plate back to Leiter on the mound.
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The second one sailed to the backstop and drew a warning to both teams from Gabe Morales, the home plate umpire.
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The speedy Buxton eventually scored on the play for the game's first run after Navarro dropped the ball at home plate.
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When Orlando Palmeiro led off by striking out, he dropped his bat at home plate, leaving it for the next hitter.
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Moments after reaching first base on a single in the fourth inning, he was ejected by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
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And just as Gsellman was thrown out by second baseman Dee Gordon, Reyes was sliding into home plate, all for naught.
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But whenever Lester is forced to throw a baseball anywhere but toward home plate, he dissolves into a puddle of nerves.
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Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was ejected in the 12th for arguing the home plate umpire D. J. Reyburn's called third strike.
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But he knew what went with a game-winner at Yankee Stadium — a drenching at home plate with a Gatorade cooler.
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Chicago manager Rick Renteria was ejected by home plate umpire Brian Knight in the seventh inning while making a pitching change.
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Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons was also ejected in that inning after exchanging words with the home-plate umpire, Lance Barrett.
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Instead of pursuing a new stadium, Fox settled on enhancements, adding suites and the Dugout Club, a restaurant behind home plate.
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"I just go to home plate believing in what I can do and just try to help my team," Torres said.
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Currently, the netting at Yankee Stadium extends 70 feet in each direction from home plate, to the beginning of the dugouts.
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After fighting off the pain, Headley re-entered the batter's box and began jawing with the home-plate umpire, Adrian Johnson.
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Radio broadcasters called the game from the press box, but the older men standing behind home plate essentially did the same.
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While Molina circled the bases after a sixth-inning solo home run, shortstop Francisco Lindor did jumping jacks near home plate.
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"I feel so good at home plate," said Valbuena, who finished 2653-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.
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Kingery then was hit by a pitch from Wilmer Font (0-2) and home plate umpire Joe West warned both teams.
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Last night, Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez uncorked a doozy of a moonbeam after the home plate ump bailed mid-windup.
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Until Nido's hit, the Mets were in danger of seeing more people ejected than runners cross home plate in the fifth.
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Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner was restrained from going after home plate umpire Chris Segal with two out in the fourth inning.
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While playing defense, he mocked the size of the umpire's strike zone by drawing an enormous home plate into the dirt. Amazing.
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Grichuk then ended it, firing his helmet high in the air as he neared home plate and a swarming mob of teammates.
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A few parents captured the moment: two opposing players hugging at home plate as the winning team cheered and danced behind them.
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Robertson nodded toward first base, and Boone agreed, so the manager held up four fingers to the home plate umpire, David Rackley.
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They said they were escorted to new, much better seats behind home plate, so they could watch the rest of the game.
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He was taken for an MRI and an initial report said Bryant suffered a mild sprain in a run for home plate.
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A fastball traveling at 95 miles per hour takes about 400 milliseconds to reach home plate from 60 feet 6 inches away.
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Kathy McVay experienced that firsthand while watching the Philadelphia Phillies play the St. Louis Cardinals from behind home plate on Monday night.
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He received the suspension for bumping home plate umpire Vic Carapazza on July 1 after being ejected for arguing balls and strikes.
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On the play, McNeil fired a strike from right field to home plate for the tag on Granderson to end the inning.
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After the seventh-inning stretch, public address announcer Bob Sheppard directed fans attention to George Steinbrenner's owner's box, flush behind home plate.
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He was the one giddily accompanying Ray Knight toward home plate after the ball went through Bill Buckner's legs in Game 6.
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The Brewers led off with two singles, and Syndergaard was showing signs of fatigue, bouncing pitches well in front of home plate.
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"I think he wants to climb them," joked his father, who envisions his boy hurling a football and sliding into home plate.
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"He was coming to home plate, tears were coming out of his face, and tears were coming down mine, too," d'Arnaud said.
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When you round those bases and you got the 'W' and I see my teammates at home plate jumping around, it's magical.
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For that game and Game 7, Cubs Manager Joe Maddon gave Ross the honor of taking the lineup card to home plate.
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Anderson was tagged out by A's C Bruce Maxwell on a tapper in front of home plate that Anderson argued was foul.
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Arrieta and catcher David Ross embraced halfway between home plate and the mound as the rest of the Cubs circled around him.
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As it did, he celebrated with his right hand in the air and mimicked shooting an arrow as he crossed home plate.
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Taveras shuffled off the field with his Cardinals teammates that night, as the Giants mobbed the hitter, Travis Ishikawa, at home plate.
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Frazier has a strong arm, but this throw was wide of home plate and catcher Austin Romine darted over to stop it.
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There is also a roof that extends over home plate, so there will be specific ground rules pertaining to balls hitting it.
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Kendricks scored the go-ahead run after Chatwood bounced a pitch in front of home plate and watched it go by Caratini.
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Williams then continued her argument with Ramos during the changeover, sounding like an unrelenting baseball manager going after a home plate umpire.
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The home-run analysis system employs TrackMan radar that sits about 19193 feet behind home plate, usually in a stadium's second tier.
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The inning ended when shortstop Francisco Lindor ran down Mookie Betts's pop-up in center field with his back to home plate.
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The home-plate umpire, Gary Cederstrom, went to the replay to see if the play was reviewable, according to a pool reporter.
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Managers generally discourage players from sliding headfirst at first base and home plate, but there are exceptions depending on the particular play.
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Jace Peterson shouted something at Bautista as he rounded first base, and Suzuki exchanged words with Bautista after he touched home plate.
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Despite his pitching talent, one of Syndergaard's biggest weaknesses is a slow delivery to home plate that is susceptible to stolen bases.
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I found a grandstand seat behind home plate, under the overhead netting that caught the foul balls that were hit straight back.
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And they did it despite playing in a stadium with a left-field wall that stands only 315 feet from home plate.
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Machado received the one-game ban for an incident with home plate umpire Bill Welke on June 15 against the Colorado Rockies.
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He was an replacement umpire working home plate, a footnote to a job that, under most normal circumstances, is also a footnote.
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However, Kansas City right fielder Jarrod Dyson took the wind out of the Mariners' sails with an inning-ending throw to home plate.
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NOTES: Brewers manager Craig Counsell was ejected prior to the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Bill Miller.
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Rizzo was found to have violated this rule last year in a collision at home plate with San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges.
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Travis d'Arnaud scored the Mets' final run in the sixth, when Scooter Gennett threw wide of home plate on a potential force out.
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Dietrich shouted at Romero as he went to first and Mattingly had words with home plate umpire Ron Kulpa, who quickly tossed him.
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The 25-year-old rookie suffered the injury while covering home plate late in Wednesday's game and was carted off on a stretcher.
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San Diego manager Andy Green was ejected in the fourth inning arguing a late strike call change by home plate umpire Joe West.
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CF Coco Crisp was ejected in the top of the fifth inning by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing balls and strike.
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Saladino ripped a single to right field to score Garcia, who slid across home plate before catcher Chris Iannetta could corral the throw.
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Sportvision and change agents like Byrnes both agree, the home plate umpire is an essential element in the game and always will be.
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Kluber got Jose Iglesias to ground into a force out at home plate and then struck out Ian Kinsler to end the inning.
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Sabathia twisted his right ankle covering home plate during Wednesday's win over Colorado and has been wearing a wrap on his ankle since.
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After a strikeout by Todd Frazier, Jacoby Ellsbury doubled to left field, but Segura experienced an adventure executing the relay to home plate.
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Last March, a cluster of honey bees clung to the screen behind home plate during a game and floated around players and fans.
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From the Post: Not long before, she'd taken a photo of her and Lyncoln's feet propped on a railing high above home plate.
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Saint pitched first (getting as far as he could) ... and his pops followed up with a throw that made it to home plate.
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He also made a spectacular defensive play Saturday night when Buster Posey lost a pop foul behind home plate in the third inning.
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Taking cover behind home plate, U.S. Representative Mo Brooks saw a rifle pointing from a chain link fence behind the third base dugout.
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During his at-bat he and Gimenez suddenly got into an argument and had to be separated by home plate umpire Tripp Gibson.
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Matt Duffy said before the game that they scouted charts of how long it took Syndergaard to throw the ball to home plate.
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When I round third I always tip my cap to her before I hit home plate, so that's what I always think about.
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By the time Rivera found the ball and dived back to home plate, Atlanta Braves center fielder Ender Inciarte had slid in safely.
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The Astros have scored just four runs in the series and have touched home plate just six times in the last five contests.
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Gurriel managed to get into scoring position against Gabriel Ynoa in the bottom of the seventh, but was unable to cross home plate.
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Every baseball field has a screen behind home plate to protect fans from balls fouled straight back at a high rate of speed.
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Don't get it twisted, King -- a HUGE Dodgers fan -- will be sitting in his usual home plate seats for Game 1 on Tuesday.
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Betances shuffled his left leg and then his right ever so slightly, drawing a balk call from the home plate umpire Ben May.
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A two-hop throw to the other side of home plate from right fielder Jay Bruce allowed the slow-footed Tanaka to score.
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Tillman escaped when Evan Longoria flied out to center field, Corey Dickerson struck out swinging and Desmond Jennings popped out behind home plate.
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The home plate umpire, Gabe Morales, turned to a hapless Jay Bruce standing at the plate to bat cleanup and called him out.
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Suzuki pointed into the home dugout before rounding first base, pumped his fist at second and was swarmed by teammates at home plate.
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As he walked off the mound, Reed exchanged words with the home-plate umpire, Stu Scheurwater, before being restrained by catcher Rene Rivera.
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The Blue Jays (43-39) also had three ejections in the game, disputing balls and strikes calls by home plate umpire Vic Carapazza.
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Hundreds of other seats, behind home plate, are now padded — part of an upscale, underground club-seating project that will open next season.
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CreditCreditElsa/Getty Images BOSTON — J.D. Martinez stepped back from home plate, lifted his head toward the sky and rolled his eyes in exasperation.
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As he neared home plate, Rosales paid tribute to teammate Yangervis Solarte, whose 31-year-old wife, Yuliette, died Saturday of complications from cancer.
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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, his severe injuries began after a ball hit and broke his nose as he was crossing home plate.
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Contreras took the relay throw from shortstop Javier Baez and applied the tag on the foot of Springer just before he touched home plate.
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The home plate at PNC Park faces southeast, so batters stood to benefit from the wind giving balls an extra push into the outfield.
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With the bases loaded and one out, Nicolino hit a bouncer to Flores, who threw from third base to home plate for the force.
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"The job was just try to go to home plate as a team and get the job done to get a hit," he said.
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Votto chatted with home plate umpire Carlos Torres as the two left the field together following the Reds' 11-93 loss to the Diamondbacks.
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I was just trying to throw the gloves out there to let him know I was (unhappy) instead of walking back to home plate.
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his rant at home plate umpire Brennan Miller.
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During Tracy McGrady's at-bat in the top of the first, she stormed out to home plate to argue balls and strikes with Giancarlo.
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Kahnle and Yankees manager, Joe Girardi, were both ejected over the pitch -- but Cabrera was still unhappy and straight socked Romine behind home plate.
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Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson - Mac and Dee from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia -are seated behind home plate for Chase Utley's retirement ceremony.
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A slip-n-slide between third base and home plate sure sounds like a hoot and yet the basepath remains dirt to this day!
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He uncorked a wild pitch and then failed to cover home plate allowing Odubel Herrera to race home to make the score 4-1.
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Maddon was ejected by home plate umpire Jerry Meals in the second inning after arguing balls and strikes during a David Ross at-bat.
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As for the rest of the game, Matt at least nailed the first pitch ... throwing a strike on the outside corner of home plate.
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Cincinnati rookie Nick Senzel struck out to end the fourth inning before getting ejected moments later after arguing with home plate umpire Bill Miller.
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In the bottom of the eighth, Mazara preserved the one-run lead by throwing out Michael Saunders at home plate to end the inning.
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The other two scored when Angels first baseman Albert Pujols fielded a bases-loaded grounder by Melky Cabrera and threw wildly to home plate.
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Nationals right fielder Adam Eaton and manager Dave Martinez were ejected in the last of the first inning by home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak.
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But the Orioles couldn't apply a tag and Arcia got past three Baltimore players to cross home plate and put the Brewers up seven.
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It held about 217,22012 fans, featured a double-decked grandstand with terra-cotta roof tiles and a 15-story clock tower behind home plate.
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White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and manager Rick Renteria were ejected by home plate umpire Jim Wolf in the bottom of the fifth inning.
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In a mad dash to home plate, she leapt over the catcher, slid to her stomach, and successfully touched the plate before getting tagged.
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By the time shortstop Corey Seager had the ball, Werth had just rounded third base, and he was thrown out easily at home plate.
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His inconsistency has come under greater scrutiny in recent years with the advent of technology that tracks exactly where a pitch crosses home plate.
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There's much to absorb throughout "The Spy Behind Home Plate," and sometimes details speed by too fast or digressions go on a bit long.
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Around 100 people attended the big dollar event — tickets cost $2,800 each — which was held in a suite overlooking home plate at Fenway Park.
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"He was hunting us at that point," said Representative Mike Bishop, Republican of Michigan, who was standing at home plate when the shooting began.
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The Astros finally had a runner touch home plate, but the run was nullified after an instant replay review to keep the shutout intact.
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The Twins challenged Torres's first career postseason homer, saying there had been fan interference, but Gary Cederstrom, tonight's home plate umpire, confirmed the dinger.
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Guyer slid into the bag as the throw skipped past third baseman Rafael Devers, then got to his feet and raced across home plate.
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After he drove a high, fly ball to right field, Gregorius stood at home plate and admired his work before tossing his bat aside.
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Or when he was once caught facing away from home plate when a pitch was delivered while he was at short for the Cubs.
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Marte was removed in the top of the fifth inning, two innings after singling and sliding hard into home plate on Walker's RBI double.
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Gardner glided around the bases and was mobbed by his teammates at home plate, where a cooler of water was ritually emptied on him.
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First baseman Rhys Hoskins then turned and fired a throw to home plate, but Bryant slid ahead of the tag for the opening run.
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Afterward, Wright signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans gathered behind home plate before he made his way down the first base line.
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Lindor, in a semifinal win over the Netherlands on Monday, celebrated a home run by Carlos Correa by doing jumping jacks at home plate.
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Since there were two outs, Piscotty was running on contact and made a beeline for home plate when he saw Baez whiff on the play.
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Lucas Hackmann was walking behind pitcher John Brebbia, who was crouching at home plate to receive the pitch, when the ball sailed over Brebbia's head.
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Home plate umpire Ron Kulpa pointed at the bat on the ground, meaning he would be fined for throwing his equipment under the playing rules.
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Casey Affleck must have forgotten he was at an airport and not home plate -- 'cause he casually tried bringing a baseball bat onto a plane.
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The only one who doesn't have access to this technology during the games is, ironically, the one who needs it most: the home plate ump.
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The package also included two nights in a suite, a personalized message on the scoreboard at Fenway Park and six game tickets behind home plate.
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Sanders can sing "The Internationale" from home plate at Yankee Stadium, but on foreign policy it doesn't win him anyone who's not in line already.
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Meanwhile, Cabrera was standing in the dugout and video displayed him throwing his batting gloves and shin guards toward home plate, close to Miller's feet.
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Kris and Kendall, who took a swing at home plate, in coordinated black Adidas apparel as Kourtney stood out in a neon yellow long sleeve.
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Andrew Romine drew a one-out walk, then slid around Suzuki's tag at home plate on Iglesias' game-tying double down the left-field line.
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He didn't get the borderline calls by home-plate umpire James Hoye and gave up hits when he was forced to throw down the middle.
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The system isn't replacing home plate umpires entirely, and for now the human ump is required to monitor pitches as a kind of fail-safe.
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I took a seat behind a stone pillar on the first-base side of home plate, and dutifully waited for someone to kick me out.
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The game was delayed momentarily in the first when home plate umpire Jerry Layne was shaken up after taking a foul ball off his mask.
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Counsell was incensed by the decision and charged out of the dugout to argue with home plate umpire Jim Reynolds before he was ultimately ejected.
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He bruised his neck in a collision at home plate Saturday, but although he has not played since, he said his neck was now fine.
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One of the wild pitches hit dirt about a foot in front of home plate and allowed runner Carlos Correa to score from second base.
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Angels manager Mike Scioscia and catcher Martin Maldonado were ejected in the seventh inning by home plate umpire Mark Rippenger for arguing balls and strikes.
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He hit his third home run of the season to deep center field before getting swarmed at home plate and receiving the bath from Cishek.
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In the first inning, Lindor singled and then exploited one of Lester's weaknesses — his inability to throw anywhere but home plate — by stealing second base.
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It was one of the wildest games in recent memories, with late rallies by both sides and a series of close plays at home plate.
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More recently, an Alabama softball player missed home plate after a game-tying home run and was tagged out while being mobbed by her teammates.
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The Astros constructed 12-foot-high netting that extended along both dugouts to go with the 32-foot net that already existed behind home plate.
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Jefferson was a Virginia aristocrat whose first election to the colonial legislature at age 26 was an easy trot to home plate from third base.
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Soto followed by driving a 343-1 fastball that reached a plaza in right field on one bounce, an estimated 433 feet from home plate.
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He would adopt another mask — one that protected his face when he worked behind home plate — to call 707 of his 2,815 regular-season games.
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As Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman completed his warm-ups after replacing Kahnle, Torres issued warnings to both benches with his back turned to home plate.
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Still, Flores learned a lesson in 2016 when his season ended in September as he injured himself in a futile headfirst slide into home plate.
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As Gardner crossed home plate, he exchanged a midair embrace with Jacoby Ellsbury and then threw out vigorous high fives when he reached the dugout.
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But home plate umpire Larry Vanover was late calling Hammel's 3-2 fastball, so Montero threw to second as if Nieuwenhuis were attempting to steal.
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After some brief confusion, home plate umpire Nic Lentz ruled Kipnis checked his swing, meaning it was ball four, so Santana was safe at second.
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That game, last Tuesday at the Coliseum, began with Barreto in a slump and ended in a joyous scrum with his teammates at home plate.
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The agent Scott Boras does not represent Trout, but watches nearly every game at Angel Stadium from a field-level suite directly behind home plate.
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Netting had been extended to within 70 feet of the plate, but that was just shy of her mother's loge-level seat behind home plate.
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Change is coming to the baseball diamond, as "Computers will be used for ball/strike calls starting April 25 in the independent Atlantic League," AP's Ronald Blum writes, noting the space between home plate and first base will condense by 3 inches while the gap that separates the mound and home plate will grow by 2 feet for the second half of the season.
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On Saturday against the Chicago Cubs, Molina was behind home plate when a 102 mph fastball caromed off the bat and right into his own junk.
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As the game went into extra innings, fans trying to leave from the home plate gate found it was locked, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
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Home plate umpire Tom Hallion ejected Arizona outfielder Jarrod Dyson in the eighth inning after Dyson argued a called strike to make the count 0-2.
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He scored when Michael Brantley worked a good at-bat and got some help on some borderline low pitches that home plate Gary Cederstrom called balls.
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That puts the batter in a much better position to anticipate and recognise pitches before they arrive at home plate, and thus to hit them hard.
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Reed, who also glared at home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after a borderline ball four call to Davis, walked off the mound without looking at Collins.
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Nationals manager Dave Martinez was ejected in the fifth for arguing with home plate umpire Tony Randazzo after several of his players took called third strikes.
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So he walked up behind home plate, OK, to see Larry Hardy, who is and was the pitching coach and played for the San Diego Padres.
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Last night, an errant foul tip found its way to the space behind home plate at Miami's Marlins Park, which is where baseballs tend to go.
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It's a neat application of the massive bandwidth 5G offers, allowing you to switch from the camera behind home plate to one pointed at first base.
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The Yankees intended to call him up last season, but in late June he tore ligaments in his left elbow while sliding headfirst into home plate.
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Greinke spoke to home plate umpire Pat Hoberg after throwing his second pitch and then summoned manager Chip Hale and trainer Ken Crenshaw to the mound.
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So, as he crossed home plate, Rosales slowed from his sprint, turned his hands to the side and clapped them together, not unlike a chomping alligator.
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Paul Goldschmidt was originally called out at home plate on a throw from center field by Cody Bellinger, but the call was overturned after a review.
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Perhaps frustrated with the outcome and another series loss at home, where the Cardinals are 20-28 this year, Pham ripped home plate umpire Marvin Hudson.
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Home plate umpire Laz Diaz tossed Murphy before the 10th, apparently due to what the second baseman termed a "disagreement" over some calls during the game.
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The game turned on one play: Eric Hosmer's daring dash to home plate in the top of the ninth with the Royals trailing by a run.
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Jose Reyes put his head down as he left the on-deck circle, strode toward home plate and dug in his spikes in the batter's box.
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Reliever Vince Velasquez earned an outfield assist in left field in the 14th inning, throwing out James McCann at home plate to keep the game alive.
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As he crossed home plate on Monday after his home run, he appeared to wipe away tears from his eyes as he was embraced by teammates.
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New York also saw Didi Gregorius score a run on a daring steal of home plate in the fourth before he added a late RBI single.
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When right fielder George Springer crossed home plate in the first, he ignited an offensive surge that resulted in every Astros starter scoring at least once.
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" In a later book, a character thinks, "I have certainly rounded third base and am headed for home plate, which is a hole in the ground.
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If you fail, not only will you look like a complete idiot—you will probably wind up with a baserunner 90 feet closer to home plate.
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This all led to a John Oliver segment and a horde of unwashed youths wearing silly costumes directly behind home plate during the team's 2016 opener.
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Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy suffered a concussion and a broken nose in a home-plate collision with the Houston Astros' Jake Marisnick on Sunday.
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The home plate umpire has a lot more to do than call balls and strikes, and he's going to be asked to do all of that.
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During the game, Dad knelt on the field 20 feet from home plate and all the heroes who stepped up to it: Williams, DiMaggio, Lou Boudreau.
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Scattered about on a visit this summer were recent sculptures: a couple dancing the tango, a batter poised at home plate, a ballerina doing a pirouette.
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One unique feature is that home plate will be on one side of the oval — not one of the ends — creating vast amounts of foul territory.
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Alonso even returned to home plate and waited with his lumber in hand as the play was reviewed, yet the call on the field was upheld.
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On the way back to the dugout, Boone said, he made a "pretty harmless" comment to the home plate umpire Paul Emmel, who threw him out.
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When protective screens covered only the area behind home plate, players flipped a large share of the balls right above the dugout, a premium seating area.
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Todd Frazier then got a helpful call from home-plate umpire Mike DiMuro on a check swing that, on another night, might have been strike three.
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The center-field fence will be an inviting target, just 25 feet from home plate under the preliminary configuration of stadium, which will accommodate 224,210 spectators.
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The closest center field wall in baseball is at the Red Sox' Fenway Park, where the 22020-foot high wall is 390 feet from home plate.
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The Mets also agreed to expand the 30-foot-high netting from behind home plate all the way to the far ends of the camera wells.
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But when Kahnle threw a pitch behind Cabrera in the sixth inning, resulting in his immediate ejection by the home plate umpire Carlos Torres, emotions flared.
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A three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, Rizzo injured his ankle on Sunday while charging toward home plate to field a bunt.
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C Stephen Vogt, hurt in a collision at home plate Monday, left the game to be evaluated for a left knee strain and a neck strain.
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So last Monday evening, Wood — plus her boyfriend, her twin sister and her husband, and her parents, who flew in from Chicago — sat behind home plate.
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Jewell, 13, suffered the broken leg in a collision at home plate during Wednesday's loss to the host Boston Red Sox, his third major league appearance.
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But that netting did not protect Goldbloom, who sat in Section 106, row C, seat 5, on the level beneath the press box behind home plate.
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Home plate umpire Tripp Gibson then warned both benches, at which point Frazier stormed off first base and began yelling at Gibson before he was ejected.
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Story was running on the pitch and never stopped, getting to home plate right as the relay throw came from shortshop Jordy Mercer to catcher Elias Diaz.
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Martinez helped his cause with a run-scoring single to right-center moments after home plate umpire Jordan Baker called a ball on an apparent third strike.
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Mo Brooks of Alabama said in a separate interview with CNN that at a certain point, the shooter came around the third base dugout towards home plate.
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Valenica was injured sliding into home plate in the fourth inning when he attempted to score on a fly ball to left field by 1B Yonder Alonso.
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He issued just two walks — one on a suspect call by the home plate umpire Lance Barksdale — and struck out nine, giving him 47 strikeouts this October.
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The President and first lady Melania Trump were sitting in a suite behind home plate at Nationals Park, joined by some Republican members of Congress, including Sen.
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The ball bounced over Williamson and rolled to the wall, with Gamel sliding into home plate just before the throw for an inside-the-park home run.
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IF Wilmer Flores (left wrist) received a cortisone shot Friday to address inflammation stemming from his home plate collision with Braves C A.J. Pierzynski last Saturday night.
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Twins complete three-game sweep in Baltimore BALTIMORE — Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones slammed his bat against home plate after striking out against Minnesota's Jose Berrios.
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Harper was called out looking on strikes in the fourth and voiced his displeasure with home plate umpire Knight, who tossed him before Robinson ended the game.
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NOTES: Red Sox manager John Farrell argued a called strike on Dustin Pedroia to end the fifth inning and was ejected by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi.
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Right now, I'm trying to be quick and there's something off with my mechanics and its causing me to lose control and be slower toward home plate.
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Zimmerman hurt his shoulder sliding into home plate in Thursday's win over the Houston Astros and sat out Friday as Washington fell to New York 4-2.
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Facing him from across home plate were Rickey, Robinson, Duke Snider, Manager Burt Shotton, the umpire Bill Stewart (who wore a Dodgers uniform that day) and Shea.
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Pujols grounded into a fielder's choice that forced Escobar at home plate, but Ortega scored on a wild pitch that moved Trout and Pujols into scoring position.
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Protective netting now shields all field-level seats within 70 feet of home plate, after several fans were hurt by broken bats and foul balls last year.
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Haniger proceeded to slide all the way around Houston catcher Martin Maldonado before reaching out to grab home plate for the Astros' fourth run of the day.
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One of his penchants is to drive outside pitches the opposite way, and the right-field porch is just 318 feet from home plate in the Bronx.
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Callaway again defended Cano, who failed to run when he hit a grounder that bounced off the dirt behind home plate and rolled a few feet fair.
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"My sons who usually sit behind home plate, they're gonna be up in upper left field," King told us Monday night on his way out of Craig's.
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He jotted notes in a black pad and covered his mouth with it when he knew he was in the outfield camera's frame sitting behind home plate.
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Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle and second baseman Adam Frazier were ejected in the seventh for arguing with home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz over balls and strikes calls.
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The street behind home plate, which used to be called Gaffney Street after the owner of the Braves when the stadium opened, is now Braves Field Way.
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The ball struck a Fenway Park seat 6503 feet from home plate, and would most likely have carried an additional 28 feet, for a total of 530.
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Didi Gregorius, who started the rally with a single to right, and D.J. LeMahieu scored while Torres moved to second base on the throw to home plate.
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"What I felt good about tonight was the ability to go out there and be quick toward home plate and also deliver a quality pitch," Syndergaard said.
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I understand why we worry about a slippery slope: Next it's three balls for a walk or seven-inning games or, heaven forbid, a square home plate.
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When reliever Chad Green, who had delivered a 1-2 slider to Longoria, saw where the ball was headed, he immediately turned to back up home plate.
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Mia Love (R-Utah) throws to home plate during the first Republican congressional baseball team practice of the year at Simpson Field in Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday.
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Bryce Harper of Washington was ejected to lead off the 10th when he was called out on strikes by home plate umpire and crew chief Mike Winters.
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LF Blake Swihart, whose slide into home plate was ruled an out before getting overturned, left the game in the next inning with a left ankle injury.
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Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp and manager Dave Roberts were ejected after the top of the fifth inning by home plate umpire Tripp Gibson for arguing balls and strikes.
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Mercado came home after Freeman shattered his bat on an infield single that left third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert with no play at either home plate or first base.
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Home plate umpire Jerry Layne had to leave the game with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning after taking a foul tip to the mask.
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After hitting a walk-off grand slam to beat the Seattle Mariners, Morales jumped in the air as he approached home plate as his teammates waited to celebrate.
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Home plate umpire Brian O'Nora left in the third inning, when he ran off the field in obvious discomfort shortly after taking a foul ball off his groin.
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His parents were sitting next to my parents and I remember, hitting home plate, seeing his dad and just immediately put up a 23-4 with my fingers.
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Major League Baseball issued recommendations for screens or protective netting in December 2015, encouraging teams to have it between the ends of the dugouts closest to home plate.
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As Gallo ran through home plate, the two Rangers stars went in for what started out as a typical, celebratory handshake, but ended with a double crotch grab.
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The Obamas and Castro were seated in the front row directly behind home plate for the game played between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team.
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He just stood behind home plate, chilling and watching the fracas like he didn't have a single care in the world — which of course led to more comedy.
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He was excited to be sitting behind home plate for Game 6 and even more excited to see actor and Cubs superfan Bill Murray a few seats away.
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Steve Scalise's security detail, Capitol Police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey, provided the initial line of defense and lured the shooter from third base to home plate.
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Fleischmann was standing between third base and home plate Wednesday morning at the congressional baseball practice when he heard a rapid succession of gunfire and hit the ground.
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Metzger, who plays outfield for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, was called out looking by home plate umpire Mike Jarboe, and was not at all pleased with the call.
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The men displayed the "Keep America Great" banner from an upper deck railing behind home plate -- and it hung for about 10 minutes before stadium officials took action.
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The Reds added Rose's number to those displayed behind home plate — the 10th number to be retired by baseball's first professional team — before beating San Diego, 3-0.
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As the ball landed there, the Boston Red Sox poured out of the first-base dugout and congregated around home plate while Ramirez danced playfully around the bases.
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And that's when I decided it really wasn't too smart to be standing right there and I ran around the -- to the first base side of home plate.
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After a play at the plate later in the inning, Peralta, who was backing up home plate, yelled at Viloria, 22, on his way back to the mound.
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Home plate umpire Andy Fletcher ruled the ball did not hit the bat and Dyson was sent to first base to load the bases against reliever Derek Holland.
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I was the type of girl who scraped my knees on gravel after failed bicycle wheelies — the one who nursed my raw shins after sliding into home plate.
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Lorenzo Cain later reached on a soft infield single to second base, beating the throw and allowing Manny Pina to cross home plate with the Brewers' fourth run.
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Yankees 220, Red Sox 226 David Ortiz ambled up to home plate in the seventh inning Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium in a situation he has often confronted.
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The hardest-hit balls tend not to land in the space between home plate and the near end of the dugout, where the new netting has been placed.
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HOUSTON — Brian McCann's left arm is getting a little worn out, and his catcher's mitt is getting strafed by spikes and soiled from the dirt around home plate.
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Voit belted a 429-foot home run deep to center field, crossing home plate to chants of "Luuuuuke" and being summoned from the dugout for a curtain call.
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Twice in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied — first at second base and then at home plate — Seattle's Mitch Haniger arrived behind the throw.
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He collected two strikes on Reds left fielder Jesse Winker before Winker took exception to a called strike and began arguing with the home-plate umpire Marty Foster.
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The Yankees cannot track the ball until Billy Martin comes running from second base to catch the ball two feet off the ground and halfway to home plate.
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His tap off the plate was quickly smothered by the catcher, Perez, who stepped on home plate and tagged out Wade, standing flat-footed in the batter's box.
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Instead, it soared about 470 feet from home plate, where its flight was interrupted by a fan's botched attempt at a catch on a landing in left field.
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Manager John Farrell hustled out of the dugout to pull Ramirez away from the home plate umpire, Gabe Morales, but not before having a few words with Morales.
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The home plate umpire, James Hoye, ruled that Olson had just beaten Gardner's throw, but the Yankees, believing that Olson had not escaped Sanchez's tag, challenged the call.
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After a called strike against Judge, with the Yankees trailing, 5-3, Girardi bounced out of the dugout and was ejected before he got halfway to home plate.
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Girardi still got in Scheurwater's face before walking over to home plate, where he drew a line with his foot showing where he thought a pitch had crossed.
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Instead, Judge kept his hands in and his swing tight, and he lit into the baseball with his 35-inch, 33-ounce bat as it crossed home plate.
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" Davis added: "I've played with guys that couldn't do it, so they move the catcher two feet off the dish and they just pump strikes off home plate.
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Wearing a trench coat, Mr. Sager, then 23, caught up to Mr. Aaron at home plate, amid a scrum of fans, reporters and relatives, to briefly interview him.
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Valencia was injured sliding into home plate in the fourth inning Wednesday when he attempted to score on a fly ball to left field by 1B Yonder Alonso.
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In the eighth inning, he threw 10 consecutive pitches out of the strike zone, and the crowd, often critical of home plate umpires, had no cause to grumble.
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For many decades, screens at ballparks were restricted to the seats directly behind home plate, to shield fans from being hit by foul balls deflected right at them.
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In 2015, it issued a recommendation to all 30 teams that protective netting be extended out 70 feet from home plate down the first- and third-base lines.
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Lowe said the twine used in the new netting is nine-tenths of a millimeter in diameter, as opposed to one millimeter in the netting behind home plate.
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With the help of a walker, Steve made it out to the mound and fired a perfect strike to home plate -- garnering a standing O from the crowd.
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At "Home Plate," a circular feature in the "Inner Basin" of the "Columbia Hills," Spirit discovered finely layered rocks that are as geologically compelling as those found by Opportunity.
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Pujols followed with a blast to left field — standing at home plate and watching his 645th career homer, an estimated 427-footer — to push the lead to 5-0.
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Pinch-hitter Francisco Lindor followed with a walk before Tyler Naquin lined a single into right field to send Santana to home plate and Street to the Angels' clubhouse.
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Massive speakers mean you can enjoy music from every base, an automated ball machine pitches strikes over home plate and stadium lighting that allows for games day or night.
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The senior struck out his friend but as the rest of his team celebrated, Koehn threw his glove and made a beeline for home plate to console his friend.
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It was a much more impressive throw than that last week by Suns first-round pick Josh Jackson, whose soft toss landed about 15 feet wide of home plate.
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Donaldson's homer came on a 2-1 pitch and was the next pitch after umpire Marty Foster stepped away from home plate and directed words toward the Miami dugout.
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McCarthy cut off a throw at the pitcher's mound when he was supposed to be backing up home plate during a fourth-inning play that produced two Giants runs.
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Giolito earned his first major league ejection as he walked toward the dugout upon exiting the game, as home plate umpire Gabe Morales took exception to something Giolito said.
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It all went down in the 2nd inning of the Yanks-Rays game in NY ... when Boone began chirping at home plate ump Brennan Miller over balls and strikes.
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San Diego Padres third base coach Glenn Hoffman immediately trotted toward home plate to have a word with the 20123-year-old rookie center fielder from the Dominican Republic.
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As for the second, he said, he asked the home-plate umpire, Laz Diaz, for time — several times — but Diaz later told him that he had not heard him.
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Layne scooped up the ball, avoided running into catcher Gary Sanchez or tripping on his mask and dived to home plate, touching it just before Darwin Barney slid in.
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NOTES: Tigers manager Brad Ausmus vehemently denied home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott was intentionally hit by a Buck Farmer fastball during a 5-3 loss in Cleveland on Wednesday.
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The move allows Tanaka's right arm to be more centered on home plate, McCann said, giving the ball the appearance that it is coming out of the strike zone.
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David Waldstein: Kluber has five strikeouts in his first six outs, four of them looking, so it's time to take a look at the home plate umpire, Larry Vanover.
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The contest was delayed for about 10 minutes at the start of the eighth inning when home plate umpire Gerry Davis left the game due to heat-related issues.
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At an important point in Tuesday night's sixth game between the Astros and Dodgers, the home-plate umpire made a call that television cameras showed clearly to be wrong.
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In the bottom of the fourth, Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper and manager Gabe Kapler were both ejected by home plate umpire Gabe Morales for arguing balls and strikes.
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Known for his calm manner and affable personality, Boone let his edge — and vocabulary — show in that argument about the strike zone with the home-plate umpire, Brennan Miller.
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But he had just allowed two hits, two runs and a walk in one inning — he entered with the Yankees trailing — and had neglected to back up home plate.
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The Braves' tomahawk logo still appeared on the park's video screen during the presentation of Atlanta's starting lineup, and a tomahawk was painted onto the grass behind home plate.
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By the time he was 10, he could throw from home plate over the center field wall on a baseball field, a distance estimated to be 200-220 feet.
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INSIDE PITCH The top prospect Gleyber Torres left Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's game in Buffalo on Saturday after injuring his left arm on a slide into home plate.
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Last December, Commissioner Rob Manfred encouraged teams to install netting between both dugouts and within 70 feet of home plate, and advise fans buying tickets which seats are protected.
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Eventually the home plate umpire came out from behind the catcher to dust off the plate, but in reality it was to give Cho a stern look/talking to.
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Ryan tossed two balls back to the home plate umpire, requesting just the right one "The people of Arlington wanted so bad to see a no-hitter," Valentine says.
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Players contended with a setting sun that cast shadows across the field early in the game, white seats in the stands that made the ball hard to see, an expansive foul territory on each side but little behind home plate, and a center-field wall that is 16 feet tall but only 385 feet away from home plate — shorter than any of the 30 major league stadiums in the United States and Canada.
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Perhaps one of the most memorable moments was when the demo took me to home plate in a baseball stadium, where that same virtual torch transformed into a baseball bat.
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Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist on Saturday when he dove into home plate and scored the walk-off run against Baltimore that clinched the Yankees' wild-card berth.
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He ran around the bases and then broke down into tears once he touched home plate, hugging must of his teammates as he slowly made his way to the bench.
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Eventually Dodgers manager Dave Roberts got the home plate ump to confer with the rest of his crew and, somehow, they concluded that Granderson had in fact fouled it off.
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Shortly after Matt Adams gloved Kolten Wong's throw, Wainwright pumped his fists in the air and met catcher Yadier Molina between the mound and home plate for an emotional embrace.
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Arenado went to one knee after he was plunked in the third inning and appeared to say something to Hamels from the home-plate area after getting to his feet.
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Hit a home run and still, to this day, I don't know how — it just came to me like that — I hit the home run and I hit home plate.
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"I feel very good at home plate, but it's also because of the work I put in day in and day out with my routine," Abreu said through an interpreter.
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The first career walk-off homer in the majors for Robinson came one batter after Danny Espinosa struck out, which promoted home plate umpire Brian Knight to eject Bryce Harper.
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And there were probably 26, 230, 225 shots fired while two or three of us are lying on the ground seeking cover behind the batting cage that surrounds home plate.
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The three-run blast on the first pitch Schimpf saw from left-handed Diamondbacks reliever Patrick Corbin landed deep in the right-field stands some 53 feet from home plate.
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Brandt bunted it directly in front of home plate, where catcher Chris Harvey was able to make a very quick play by throwing to second to get the lead runner.
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But last night against the Chicago Dogs, hope was restored for a brighter tomorrow when independent league player Brennan Metzger not-so-subtly implied the home plate umpire was trash.
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The game was delayed about 15 minutes in the bottom of the first when home plate umpire Chad Fairchild was struck by a Holliday foul ball on his right elbow.
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As the first pitch from Hisashi Iwakuma arrived, Sanchez swung and sent a searing drive that reached the upper deck in left field, an estimated 2996 feet from home plate.
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" HD this was not: "At times it was possible to catch a fleeting glimpse of the ball," the article noted, "as it sped from the pitcher's hand toward home plate.
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"To me, it's more important that he throws a quality pitch and gets the batter out at home plate than worrying about the base runner," Rivera said of his pitcher.
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According to ABC6 Philadelphia, McVay, a big fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, was seated behind home plate at Monday night's game, watching the team take on the St. Louis Cardinals.
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"If you don't like the Yankees, you don't like being in New York," said Bo Dietl, an independent candidate for mayor who attended Wednesday night's game, seated behind home plate.
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Two years ago, a raccoon that had climbed to the top of the screen behind home plate set off a pursuit by workers after it was knocked from its perch.
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Manager Aaron Boone was ejected in the sixth inning by the home plate umpire Pat Hoberg for persistent carping from the dugout — the first ejection of Boone's nascent managing career.
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Yankees 13, Cubs 4 CHICAGO — When Aaron Hicks slid across home plate, ahead of an errant throw from Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, he was tugged at by competing emotions.
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In his next at-bat, Stanton let his bat do the talking — crushing an 0-2 curveball deep into the left-field bleachers, an estimated 33 feet from home plate.
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Good girls went to second base, maybe, but not third; or if they rounded home plate, it was with a good boy who asked them to dances and remembered the corsage.
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The call was IMMEDIATELY panned by almost everyone watching the game ... but to Kate -- who was sitting just a few rows behind home plate -- she thought it was the correct ruling.
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After a strikeout, Banuelos issued two straight walks and uncorked a wild pitch that caromed wildly off the wall behind home plate, allowing an alert Bauers to score from second base.
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While the "Buster Posey is too handsome for roughhousing" rule is in effect to protect catchers from collisions at home plate, nothing can protect them from this sort of head trauma.
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They initiated scoring in the second when Jason Heyward simply stood at home plate and kept his bat stationary while four straight pitches missed the strike zone, sending Willson Contreras home.
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Mike Bishop (R-Mich.), who was standing at home plate when a gunman said to be upset over Trump's election began shooting Republican lawmakers: "He was hunting us at that point."
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Just as Jon Stewart made his bones making the Bush laugh face, Noah is having a nice time playing tee-ball with whatever fresh scandal Trump lays out over home plate.
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Behind home plate: House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.).
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His first major league hit came in the second inning in his first at-bat, but Royals left fielder Alex Gordon threw out Russell Martin at home plate on the play.
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They rolled out a blue carpet from the dugout and had the Kansas City Symphony playing behind home plate as Commissioner Rob Manfred shook hands with players, coaches and staff members.
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Acuna was removed in the third inning for a lack of effort after hitting a long fly to center field and standing in a pose at home plate rather than running.
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Kipnis then struck out looking on a borderline pitch and was clearly not happy with the call as he stared at the plate and then at home plate umpire Tony Randazzo.
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The best seats in the house are selling on StubHub for $50,000 EACH (Dugout Club, right behind home plate) -- and the cheapest tickets (upper, upper level) are still hovering around $1,000.
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The ruling stated that as long as a team provided protective netting behind home plate, it had no further obligation to any spectators who chose to sit in an unprotected seat.
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Five months later, Manfred issued the recommendation that teams extend the netting 73 feet in each direction, from the area directly behind home plate to the near end of both dugouts.
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Home plate umpire Joe West warned both teams, and Phillies Manager Gabe Kapler was ejected for the second time in four games when he burst out of the dugout to complain.
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Andrus sprinted from third and slid his arm across home plate ahead of the return throw for his franchise-best sixth steal of home in his career and second this season.
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The most radical proposal was scheduled to take effect at midseason, with the distance between the pitching rubber and home plate moved back by two feet, to 62 feet 6 inches.
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Last August at Dodger Stadium, Linda Goldbloom, 79, was sitting in a second-deck seat behind home plate when a foul ball cleared the netting and struck her in the head.
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Home plate umpire-doled affirmative action is a rejected Key and Peele sketch that the general public, let alone the culturally-lagging baseball world, probably isn't even ready to joke about.
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PHILADELPHIA — For Carlos Santana, the most important part of his job is the same as it is for the home plate umpire: determining what is and what is not a strike.
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He called on the Mets and the Yankees to extend their netting beyond Major League Baseball's recommendation of 70 feet from home plate, which reaches to the beginning of each dugout.
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After a lengthy delay at the start of the inning because of an injury to the home plate umpire, Luis Severino was surprisingly sent back to the mound for the Yankees.
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Over the years, as he took his stance in the batter's box, he crept closer to home plate, finally taking the inside part of the strike zone away from the pitcher.
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When Cameron Rupp struck out looking at a fastball on the outside edge of the zone, he stood and stared at the home-plate umpire Paul Nauert for a few seconds.
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Manfred's request, in 123, was that all 30 teams extend stadium netting so that it reached from behind home plate, where it had always been, to the beginning of each dugout.
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West says in 2006 and 2007 ... he was only the home plate umpire for a game between the Mets and Phillies ONE TIME -- and claims Wagner did not pitch at all.
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Under the prodding of Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2015, all 30 teams agreed to extend the traditional protective netting behind home plate to at least the inner edge of both dugouts.
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Second baseman Javier Baez threw the ball into the Cubs' dugout and Raburn, who was on his way to third, was awarded home plate with the winning run against Chapman (0-1).
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Home plate umpire Jim Wolf was hit in the mask with a foul tip that deflected off the mask of Alex Avila with no outs in the top of the second inning.
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But Trump wasn't the only guest to draw attention during Game 5 — two women in yellow shirts seated behind home plate could be seen lifting their tops and exposing their bare breasts.
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Murray faked out the Chicago Cubs crowd by pausing before heading to the mound, only to jet off in a full-out sprint around the bases and then slide into home plate.
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The North Catholic High School senior and Marzula, a college student at Kent State University, instead put on their best formal wear and spent the night watching baseball from behind home plate.
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Though Simmons appeared to step on second base an instant before Gregorius — who had tagged up at third base — touched home plate, his run stood, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.
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Facing home plate in the Dodger Stadium press box, Scully sits on the left side of the booth, Robertson beside him in the middle, and Menschel behind the camera to the right.
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"The last two starts, I haven't felt very comfortable on the mound mechanically, just allowing base runners to get better jumps on me, and I've been slower toward home plate," Syndergaard said.
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So far this year, cards have been printed to mark the steal of home plate by the Yankees' Jacoby Ellsbury and the no-hitter by Jake Arrieta of the Cubs, among others.
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Then he flipped around to the other side of an imaginary home plate, bent at the waist and dug his feet into the clubhouse carpet, parroting the gritty style of Mo Vaughn.
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He thrust his hands in the air, walked slowly to first base and then pumped his right fist as Citi Field erupted and his teammates raced to home plate to meet him.
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Lamb slid late into home plate while scoring in the third inning of a 6-2 victory on Thursday, and he stumbled as he attempted to get to his feet, grinning sheepishly.
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Jon Lester is one of the best in the world at throwing from a pitcher's mound to home plate, and one of the worst in baseball at throwing under any other circumstances.
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That is, except for the home plate umpire, who represents the last of baseball's human element, whose humanness makes the outcome of games more of a subjective truth than an absolute truth.
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Quick background ... Bautista said there are "circumstances" working against the Blue Jays -- and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know he's saying the home plate umpires are favoring the Cleveland Indians.
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He certainly wasn't supposed to be standing at home plate watching a season-saving home run clank off the right-field foul pole in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.
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Called upon for a six-out save, A. J. Ramos escaped a hairy ninth inning when a relay throw by Cabrera cut down Edwin Jackson, a pinch-running pitcher, at home plate.
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As the ball traveled high and deep to center field, Bradley tracked it to the short wall, just in front of the deepest corner of the park, 420 feet from home plate.
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Yankees Manager Aaron Boone was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his profanity-laced outburst at the home plate umpire Brennan Miller on Thursday, Major League Baseball announced.
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BREWERS CATCHER HURT IN COLLISION Milwaukee Brewers catcher Stephen Vogt is out for at least a month with a sprained left knee after a collision at home plate Monday night in Pittsburgh.
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The fences were initially so far from home plate that Mets batters, who played there most often, struggled and free agents cited it as a reason to stay away from the club.
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Lindor scored his run Friday in impressive fashion, tagging from third and beating an on-target heave to home plate from Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. in the third inning.
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Flores was having a good 2016 season as a right-handed hitter who could play all over the infield when he injured his wrist sliding into home plate against Houston in September.
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The new rules in full: ■ The start of a no-pitch intentional walk, allowing the defensive team's manager to signal a decision to the home plate umpire to intentionally walk the batter.
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The home-plate umpire in Game 22018 was a National Leaguer, Shag Crawford, but the play could also have been called by the first-base umpire, Lou DiMuro, of the American League.
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Mariners catcher Chris Iannetta hit a two-out single to cut the Royals' lead to 3-1, but Robinson Cano was thrown out at home plate by Dyson trying to score from second.
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But as the rest of the elated Mounds View high schoolers swarmed the infield to celebrate, Koehn threw his glove and made a beeline for home plate to embrace and console his friend.
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The Marlins, with a perfect relay, beat Saunders to the plate with the throw, but the outfielder snuck his hand by Realmuto's glove and was called safe by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
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MLB home run leader Giancarlo Stanton is NEVER getting to home plate with pop singer (and twerk queen) Lexy Panterra ... and that's coming DIRECTLY from Lexy, who says the two are just friends.
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Mitch (first baseman Moreland) reached down to try to keep it in play, it got away from him a little bit and was unable to recover and make a throw to home plate.
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for his rant at home plate umpire Brennan Miller during Thursday's afternoon game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Then there was an attempted steal of home plate, which resulted in Reds starting pitcher Alfredo Simon being hit by a pitch and then being tossed when he drilled Anderson the next inning.
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Other than territorial wars over the bases—like, say, lifelong sibling rivalries fought over home plate—there's nothing in baseball that requires its players to be in close quarters with the other team.
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Arrieta seemed out of sorts from the start with home plate umpire Chris Guccione's ball-strike calls and a constant shuffling of a Cubs lineup in which manager Joe Maddon used 20 players.
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That same season, we sneaked into seats behind home plate and my father went sprinting down a portal after a foul ball and came back with a mangled Walkman and a bruised knee.
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While juggling the many duties of a manager in a tie game, Collins erred, and the moment in question ended with Wilmer Flores facedown on the ground after a collision at home plate.
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After Miguel Montero connected for a leadoff home run in the 10th, the Cubs mobbed him at home plate and then pulled on postseason hats and shirts as the crowd of 40,823 cheered.
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But the baseball, carried along by a mild ocean breeze, drifted and then drifted some more until it landed just over the notch in the wall, a mere 21 feet from home plate.
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They reach home plate only about 50 milliseconds apart, but that fraction of a second makes the slower pitch significantly more hittable because of the firing time for synapses in a batter's brain.
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Padres infielder Ian Kinsler, on the bench after he was not included in the starting lineup, was ejected in the fifth inning by home-plate umpire Scott Barry for arguing balls and strikes.
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As the ball hung in the air, the stadium became still as each fan seemed to calculate whether it would carry into the seats — a little more than 318 feet from home plate.
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For instance, it would be easy to equip a home plate umpire with a device that could seamlessly prompt the umpire's call while preserving the spectacle of the umpire and his supporting cast.
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After allowing Bregman's blast, Kershaw got consecutive called strike threes on Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa, with home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi giving him some help on a low slider that retired Altuve.
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Yankees 4, Rays 1 Gary Sanchez stood near home plate on Saturday afternoon, blocking out the gleaming sunshine from his eyes with his mitt as he prepared to catch a routine foul pop.
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Mets Manager Terry Collins said the home-plate umpire, Jim Reynolds, told him that Hurdle had lodged his challenge in time and that "God Bless America" had started before Reynolds could stop it.
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In order to make accurate comparisons between home run distances, it is necessary for analysts to complete the hypothetical arc of the batted ball back down to the exact altitude of home plate.
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HOUSTON — Ten minutes before the start of a day-night doubleheader at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, Houston Astros Manager A. J. Hinch grabbed a microphone and stood in front of home plate.
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So when they executed a perfect relay to home plate to prevent a Marlins run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Manager Terry Collins foresaw for his team a reversal of fortune.
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Specifically, Lo Duca said during a game he was catching around 2006 or 2007 against the Phillies ... he noticed West (the home plate umpire) was being extra generous with strike calls for Wagner.
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Judging by the date of the tweet, it appears that Goff did not like the way Puig celebrated his first Dodgers walk off home run on July 28 by sliding into home plate.
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The wall behind right-center field was some 440 feet from home plate, but it was only 251 feet down the left-field line, where a 42-foot-tall screen had been erected.
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C Austin Hedges' status for Tuesday is unknown after he left the game following a home plate collision with 22B Anthony Rizzo in the sixth inning of Monday's 23-23.98 loss to the Cubs.
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Two batters later, Alex Bregman eluded the tag of Lucroy after his swinging bunt rolled fair mere feet from home plate, and when Lucroy attempted to retire Bregman at first, his throw sailed wide.
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The couple's 2-year-old son Beau wore a miniature tuxedo and held a baseball home plate that read "Here comes my mommy," and the family's dog, Bean, led Dykstra's niece down the aisle.
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Trea Turner, a fleet-footed shortstop for the Nationals, had hit a dribbler in front of home plate and committed the crime of running out of the baseline as he raced toward first base.
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After Jake Cave singled with two outs, Kepler hit a dribbler in front of home plate, but Abreu had Welington Castillo's throw graze off his glove for an error to keep the inning alive.
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Gomes advanced to third and Turner ran to second, but Sam Holbrook, the home plate umpire, called Turner out for running too far inside the baseline and obstructing Gurriel's ability to make a play.
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It involved a stadium operations official in a cherry picker, armed with a basket, a blanket and a stick, trying to capture a raccoon from atop the 40-foot-high screen behind home plate.
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The Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, extended their safety netting in 2017 to stretch from behind home plate to the far end of each dugout, according to the Indianapolis Star.
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"I was right at the dugout last year when he came across home plate (and) hurt his knee," Mets manager Terry Collins, referring to when Cabrera was hurt scoring a run on July 31.
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The exchange began with the Marlins sharing video of right fielder Brian Anderson throwing out Rays player Austin Meadows at home plate, and ended with the team tweeting about the late Crocodile Hunter star.
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Kim, who was photographed taking a swing at home plate, appeared to have bid adieu to her new pink hair, as a long blonde ponytail seemed to be peeking out from behind her helmet.
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A's rookie Matt Chapman was ejected from the game by home plate umpire Mike Everitt before his at-bat in the top of the fourth inning after exchanging words with Angels catcher Juan Graterol.
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C Willson Contreras went 1-for-1 with a home run and two RBI after stepping in for starting catcher Miguel Montero, who left the game after stretching to attempt a home plate tag.
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"If he comes out fine this week, I have no issues," said Girardi, who no doubt held his breath later Tuesday night as Beltran was thrown out at home plate after a headfirst slide.
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The league says every team is now in compliance with the recommendation, though in some cases, teams really didn't do much beyond widening the netting behind home plate a few feet in either direction.
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The Mariners (48-47) had a chance to win the game in the 10th, but White Sox right fielder Adam Eaton threw out Seattle baserunner Nelson Cruz at home plate to end the inning.
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Right-hander Jesse Chavez replaced Estrada and gave up an RBI triple to Austin Jackson During a walk to Adam Eaton, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was ejected by home plate umpire John Tumpane.
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Boone, who had the bill of his cap make contact with the home plate umpire Nic Lentz during an argument Friday, watched the game on a television set in General Manager Brian Cashman's office.
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The Yankees said the netting would be made from a knotless, synthetic material — the same used behind home plate last season — and be field green, so as to better blend into the playing field.
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Though home plate umpires have been known to have certain diagnostic tendencies they (attempt to) levy consistently, there are also well-documented biases that favor veteran players, the home-team, and even certain races.
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But after the fan's booming voice was heard by Sanchez; the Rays' catcher, Wilson Ramos; and the home-plate umpire, Dan Bellino, he was pointed out to stadium security and removed from the stadium.
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When Yadier Molina swiped the tag on Segura to end the first — allowing Puerto Rico to escape a bases-loaded, none-out fix — he animatedly signaled out before the home plate umpire, Will Little.
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If a home-plate umpire does not initially call a checked swing a strike, the catcher or pitcher can ask for an appeal to the base umpires, and the request is almost always granted.
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When he walked to home plate with his bat, he received hugs from Omar Minaya, the special assistant to the general manager; Brodie Van Wagenen, the general manager; and Fred Wilpon, the team owner.
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Following baseball's storied unwritten rule of "always bean the rich guy behind home plate in the unsightly uniform if he fancies himself the key cog in an organization," Fernandez tossed it over the net.
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How is it that baseball—which inspires a raft of poetic and literary musing, some good, some terrible—is so brilliantly captured within the narrative arc of Mighty Casey's journey to home plate and back?
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"My position and my question is that at the end of the day, we&aposve put a rule in at home plate to protect the catchers," Hurdle told reporters after the game, according to ESPN .
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During the game, Taubin was sitting in a section of luxury boxes above home plate, where the layer of protective glass separating the fans from the field had been removed in 2005, according to WCVB.
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Iannetta, who pulled his foot from home plate when trying to get a force out on what turned out to be the final play of Friday's 18-inning loss, collected two hits for the Rockies.
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The Nationals Park booed again in the seventh inning, this time at the home plate umpire Lance Barksdale when he rung up Victor Robles on a called third strike that was outside the strike zone.
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But the home plate umpire Sam Holbrook ruled that Turner had interfered with Gurriel, called him out and sent Gomes back to first base, even though Turner had done nothing but run a straight line.
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Then -- in a nod to Little League baseball -- both teams lined up at home plate and shook hands with each other, throwing in some hugs and high-fives to finish off a feel-good day.
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Sabathia, though he continued his strong start to the season with his deepest effort yet — allowing one run in seven innings — expressed his frustration with the strike zone of the home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.
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Coming from second base, Yolmer Sanchez wasn't running at full speed heading home, and when Tim Anderson tried to reach third, he was thrown out by center fielder Mike Gerber before Sanchez crossed home plate.
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"One walk speaks volumes," said Hurdle, who was tossed out of the game by home plate umpire Sam Holbrook in the bottom of the sixth inning, apparently for arguing balls and strikes from the dugout.
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After Price whiffed Austin Barnes to end the inning, he had a short conversation with home plate umpire Kerwin Danley, who ruled most close pitches on the inside of the plate balls throughout the night.
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Of course I'm down on the ground and helping the guy who's got a bullet hole in his leg, and the shooter starts coming around home plate towards where we are, outside the fence line.
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OK, I started with Jackie Robinson because many, many years ago I did a retrospective show at MOCA in LA. And it had Jackie Robinson sliding into home plate, which he was famous for, OK?
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Present at home plate for the exchange of lineup cards were Joe Torre and Bob Brenly, the managers when the Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks met when the stakes were higher — the 2001 World Series.
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Phillies slugger Maikel Franco hit a fly ball Gamel's way in right field and Gamel, with his momentum coming forward, delivered a strike to home plate to cut down Daniel Nava trying to tag up.
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Extra Bases On the rare nights when Vin Scully is not working at Dodger Stadium, the umpires will finish their pregame meeting at home plate, turn to face the press box and, almost audibly, sigh.
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The batter, Gary Sanchez of the Yankees, whipped his bat down and through the ball, sending it soaring to the third deck in left field at Target Field, an estimated 53 feet from home plate.
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Victory being an effective anesthetic, Hicks was able to jump up and down at home plate with his teammates and join in the Champagne celebration in the clubhouse briefly before being taken for X-rays.
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" Asked what he hoped to convey by spreading dirt on home plate, Girardi said, "If I'm going to get tossed for asking about one of my coaches, I might as well get my money's worth.
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The first came when Nationals catcher Matt Wieters, after having apparently tagged Lucas Duda out at home plate, lost control of the ball, and the second came on a run-scoring single by Michael Conforto.
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They had runners on first and third with no outs in the first but came up empty — and lost Adam Jones, who got tossed by home plate umpire Pat Hoberg for arguing after his strikeout.
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Following an intentional walk to Maikel Franco, Adam Haseley hit a grounder that shortstop Miguel Rojas bobbled before throwing late to home plate as the Phillies (211-24) won the 123-hour, 212-minute marathon.
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Instead, stand in front of it, which also shortens the distance to home plate from 60 feet 6 inches to around 50 feet, increasing the odds that your ball will make it to the catcher.
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Kind of a pentagon or home plate, with straight sides, a meandering river boundary below, and a partly straight top with a friendly bite mark out of it on the northeast side from Lake Erie.
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Last year, Major League Baseball announced that all 30 ballparks were extending protective netting to at least the far ends of both dugouts -- that is, the ends farthest from home plate -- intending to enhance fans' safety.
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Lockhart's son, 15-year-old Jason Lockhart, was playing in a South Carolina baseball tournament on June 17 when he was hit by a ball as he crossed home plate, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Major League Baseball's oldest ballpark, iconic Fenway has many quirky characteristics but its signature feature is the Green Monster, an ominous 37.2 feet (11.3m) high left field wall that stands only 310 feet from home plate.
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The president was given one of the Washington Suites on the first level of Nationals Park to the left of home plate, and he sat between his wife, Melania Trump, and Senator David Perdue of Georgia.
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During Sunday's game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. — at which President Donald Trump was in attendance — two women in yellow shirts behind home plate could be seen lifting their tops and exposing their bare breasts.
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It also famously placed the YouTube logo behind home plate – a distraction that many thought was a step too far, as it made the game feel like a YouTube video waiting to be clicked and played.
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Two major safety rules have come about since I retired in 2005: the "Posey rule," which protects catchers at home plate from getting smashed by runners, and the "Utley rule," which prohibits runners from targeting infielders.
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The best offenses make bad things happen when they put the ball in play, which means that the best way to combat them is someone like Aroldis Chapman, who forcibly keeps the ball at home plate.
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Mets lose Cespedes, hold on to beat Nationals WASHINGTON — Right-handed pitcher A.J. Cole, on Wednesday, sat behind home plate wearing street clothes at Triple-A Lehigh Valley as he charted pitches for Triple-A Syracuse.
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The new faces of the field are delighting long-time fans like 83-year-old television host Larry King, who has been taking in the action at Dodger Stadium from his plumb seat behind home plate.
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Lucroy, making his first appearance since recovering from a broken nose and concussion — the result of a home-plate collision with the Astros' Jake Marisnick on July 7 — appeared to hesitate before making a tag attempt.
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Tony Wolters hit a double down the right-field line against Pedro Baez, with Daniel Murphy scoring from first base, but only because Enrique Hernandez's relay throw took a low skip past Martin at home plate.
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A parade of Yankees would walk to home plate, see a few pitches and pivot back toward the dugout, the indignities culminating in a shutout by the Astros' Dallas Keuchel in the wild-card playoff game.
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Two pitches into the ninth, those missed opportunities were forgotten as Castro drove a 123-212 breaking ball from Jason Motte (23-214) into the left-field seats, touching off a wild celebration at home plate.
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Turner was miffed that Grandal almost cost the Dodgers a run by getting thrown out at second base just before CF Joc Pederson touched home plate on Turner's score-tying sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
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Angels manager Brad Ausmus was suspended for the game after reliever Noe Ramirez hit Marisnick with a pitch Tuesday, apparently in retaliation for a home-plate collision with Los Angeles catcher Jonathan Lucroy on July 7.
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Now, his father, a Havana native who fled the country with his family after Fidel Castro rose to power, was back in Cuba, watching from the slab of concrete behind home plate that passed for stands.
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After a flyout, he also walked Mesoraco, but Rodney got Tucker Barnhart on a weak popout behind second base and got Winker on a first-pitch popout that the third baseman Escobar caught near home plate.
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The antic delighted the crowd but tested the patience of the home-plate authority Pam Postema, the first woman to wear umpire blue at a regular-season major league game — at least on this conjured field.
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Nationals 6, Cubs 3 | Series tied, 1-363 WASHINGTON — Standing near home plate on Saturday, the Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper briefly admired his handiwork, a game-tying, second-deck, two-run homer in the eighth inning.
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There is not much ground for fielders to cover because the right-field corner is only 314 feet from home plate, and the wall runs without much of a curve toward the bullpen in right-center.
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The tight dimensions at Target Field, the Twins' ballpark, put fans closer to home plate than in any other major-league ballpark, Dave St. Peter, the president of the Twins, noted in an interview on Thursday.
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And then — in a nod to Little League tradition — both teams lined up at home plate and shook hands with each other, throwing in some hugs and high-fives to finish off a feel-good day.
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His bill, which is to be introduced this month, would require the netting to be extended to 90 feet from home plate, which should protect fans seated behind both dugouts and slightly up each foul line.
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The Nationals then lost one of their best hitters moments later when rookie Juan Soto was thrown out by home plate umpire Greg Gibson after complaining about a called third strike from his previous at-bat.
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The players mobbed Mike Ford at home plate after his game-ending, ninth-inning blast off A's closer Liam Hendriks lifted the Yankees to a 5-2.553 victory on Sunday, their second comeback in two days.
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The players mobbed Mike Ford at home plate after his game-ending, ninth-inning blast off A's closer Liam Hendriks lifted the Yankees to a 5-2.553 victory on Sunday, their second comeback in two days.
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Last December, Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a recommendation that teams extend the netting from behind home plate to either the near ends of the dugouts or to any seat within 70 feet of the batter's box.
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They not only lost the season opener, but they also were just three days removed from outfielder Steven Souza Jr.'s season-ending knee injury that happened after he slipped on home plate during an exhibition game.
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However, an errant pitch by Edwards later in the at-bat bounced in front of home plate, and the pitcher retrieved the ball and forced Dozier out of the baseline for the final out of the inning.
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Simmons singled to left, scoring Mike Trout from third base for a 4-1 lead, but Pujols was thrown out after breaking for home when Cano mishandled the relay throw and eventually got Pujols at home plate.
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Syndergaard also picked off Kinsler in the seventh — a notable feat for the long-haired right-hander, whose long delivery to home plate has allowed opposing baserunners to record 29 stolen bases in 32 attempts against him.
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At the San Diego Padres game last night—in which they were walloped 14-1 by the Atlanta Braves, but no matter—a foul ball from Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte skyrocketed into the seats behind home plate.
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Angels starter Hector Santiago gave up three home runs in just 2 2/3 innings, but it was home plate umpire John Tumpane who ultimately sent Santiago to the showers, and the Angels weren't happy about it.
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Baseball changed its intentional walk rule, now allowing managers to simply tell the home plate umpire he wants to put the batter on first without having to make the previously required four wide throws to the plate.
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He tried to change the subject quickly by motioning that they were going to go back through their signs, and it almost worked, but then home plate umpire Alan Porter blew the lid off the whole operation.
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Marwin Gonzalez doubled in Luis Arraez with one out to tie the score 3-3, with pinch-runner Ehire Adrianza thrown out at home plate on the play to keep the Twins from walking off as winners.
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David Waldstein: A funny moment after the top of the third: Before Addison Russell walked to the plate, the home plate umpire John Hirschbeck went to the mound and started looking at the ball with Josh Tomlin.
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That was one of the cases that prompted Major League Baseball to recommend in December that all clubs erect protective netting that extends from the existing screen behind home plate to the closest edge of the dugout.
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When the ball cleared the fence, putting the Yankees ahead by 6-4, Stanton pointed to the dugout as he circled the bases and then leapt high to high-five Didi Gregorius when he crossed home plate.
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If fashion month is like a game of baseball (bear with us on this) and each main city is its own base, we've now rounded third in Milan and are barreling towards home plate: Paris Fashion Week.
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Our well-worn yard had the look of the perfect hangout house: thick leafy dark clover, bright yellow dandelion blooms, crab grass and bare spots where dust was kicked up after years of sliding into home plate.
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When Commissioner Rob Manfred recommended in December 2015 that major league teams take the modest step of extending the traditional protective netting to the edge of the dugouts near home plate, the Twins had already done so.
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He bounced one pitch well before it got to the catcher — getting lucky when the ball caromed off the home plate umpire — and bounced a second one that got away from Gary Sanchez, allowing Altuve to score.
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The delay at the start of the inning was the result of Jeff Nelson, the home plate umpire, being removed as a result of his having taken a foul ball off his facemask in the fourth inning.
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During the All-Star break in July, the Mets extended their netting halfway into the outfield, with the height of the new screens gradually declining from 30 feet to eight as it moved farther from home plate.
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Braeden and his fam got to enjoy the game from the first row, behind home plate ... but the best part of his trip happened when he randomly ran into his favorite player -- Pete Alonso -- at his hotel!!
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He pivoted and fired a strike to second baseman Javier Baez, who in turn wheeled and whistled the ball to catcher Yadier Molina, who slapped a tag on Jonathan Schoop just before his foot touched home plate.
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It was a game in which he and Donn Clendenon combined to throw out three Giants runners at third base and home plate in the eighth and ninth innings before the Mets won it in the 21969th.
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There is a special marking for this lane: a white line, three feet to the foul side and parallel to the foul line, extending the last 216 feet of the distance between home plate and first base.
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In the nine years that the glass partition was not up, according to Red Sox records, as many as 51 people sitting in the boxes above home plate were hit by balls, requiring medical attention, the outlet reported.
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Jonathan Lucroy was carted off the field in the eighth inning of the Los Angeles Angels' 11-10 loss to the host Houston Astros on Sunday after being injured in a collision with Jake Marisnick at home plate.
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A's manager Bob Melvin was ejected by home plate umpire Larry Vanover in the eighth for arguing after Oakland's Marcus Semien was called out on strikes on a 2-2 pitch with one out and the bases loaded.
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Belt then crushed one to the deepest part of the ballpark, but Dodgers right fielder Cody Bellinger tracked it down more than 400 feet from home plate, turning the near-three-run homer into a long sacrifice fly.
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Pierzynski was ejected in the eighth by home plate umpire Mike Winters after he tagged out Daniel Descalso, who was ruled safe because of an obstruction call on SS Erick Aybar as Descalso was running toward third base.
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Atlanta took advantage of shaky Washington relief to take an eighth-inning lead, but dropped a potential game-ending throw at home plate in the ninth before an error set up Murphy's go-ahead hit in the 10th.
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But Moe, Ted Williams twice, Joe DiMaggio — they went off and risked their lives and their careers to serve," said filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who illuminates Berg's life and legacy in her 2019 documentary, "The Spy Behind Home Plate.
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Green responded and Roberts charged him, bumping into the San Diego manager and the umpire as players from both teams rushed the field, separated the managers and stood face-to-face between home plate and the Padres dugout.
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C. C. Sabathia, their starting pitcher, gestured early on to the home-plate umpire Dan Bellino — who ejected Sabathia from a game last season for disputing balls and strikes — after a borderline pitch was not called a strike.
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It was with Cleveland, 28 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, that Frank Robinson became MLB's first black manager when he walked the lineup card to home plate as a player-manager for the Cleveland Indians.
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On Baseball The view across the field into the Tampa Bay Rays' dugout from the first-base side revealed a handful of players present and accounted for when Alex Rodriguez was called to the area near home plate.
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It was more of the same with Kris Bryant, who thought he had drawn ball four but got rung up by home plate umpire Larry Vanover on a 95 mph fastball that appeared to be low and outside.
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Trumpane—who said he was shaken by the whole experience, but glad he was in the right place at the right time—then called nine innings behind home plate in a Pirates win over the Rays that night.
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NOTES: A's first baseman Danny Valencia was ejected by home plate umpire Mike Eastbrook in the bottom of the sixth inning after taking a called third strike for the second time in the game and arguing the decision.
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And just to make everything a little worse, the last out in Thursday's game came when Tomas Nido, a minor league call-up, managed to get thrown out at home plate with the Mets trailing by eight runs.
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During games at Yankee Stadium, when baseballs are about to be thrown pretty hard and hit even harder, the protective netting in the box-seat area stretches from behind home plate to the inner edge of both dugouts.
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His eye-catching cut, called "La Piña" — the pineapple — for its tall, spiky sprout, received enthusiastic rubs and fluffs from his teammates as he crossed home plate and Houston's Minute Maid Park reverberated with the excitement of fans.
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When Voit crossed home plate, the only other runs the Yankees had scored in the series besides his home runs had come on a throwing error on Monday and on a bases-loaded walk to Hicks on Tuesday.
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The game's commentary came from Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Dana Bash of CNN and Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, who could be seen poring over the rosters from a tent between home plate in the early innings.
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Injured Boy at Yankee Stadium Puts Face on Bill Seeking Safety Netting Legislation by a New York City councilman calls for stadiums with more than 5,000 seats to extend protective nets from home plate to the foul poles.
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Trailing 2-0, Boone stuck with Severino even through a 12-minute delay before the top of the fifth inning, when home plate umpire Jeff Nelson left the game with a concussion he sustained on a foul ball.
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After all, when the new stadium opened in 2009, in the midst of the financial downturn, the Yankees had the hubris to put a $2,500-per-game price on some of the seats behind and near home plate.
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I was at home plate, near Broadway on 83rd Street, which runs one way, east to west, when a baby blue Lincoln Continental with wire wheels and an external rear spare tire came down the hill toward me.
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The unidentified man has since gone viral on social media thanks to his daring sprint across the SunTrust Park outfield and toward home plate — which ended with him being tackled into the wall not far from the batter's box.
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Similarly, some pitchers have cobbled together respectable seasons as position players once they stopped pitching: for example, Rick Ankiel reinvented himself as a credible slugger seven years after he lost the ability to throw the ball towards home plate.
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After the late Yordano Ventura hit Josh Donaldson in the first inning, home plate umpire Jim Wolf warned both benches, but still, later on, Ryan Madson hit Tulowitzki in the seventh and then buzzed Donaldson way up and in.
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In a simple test to make sure that TrackMan data could be successfully transmitted and understood, home plate umpires were fitted with earpieces that relayed calls to them one-tenth of a second after the ball crossed the plate.
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Jordan Luplow scored on a wild pitch from 19-year-old Elvis Luciano in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Santana crossed home plate on a fielder's choice to regain the four-run advantage later in the fifth.
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The demotion came three days after a rough game against the San Diego Padres when Russell failed to catch two popups, was thrown out at home plate after a ground ball on the infield and admitted to missing signs.
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Home plate umpire Paul Emmel had to leave in the ninth inning of last night's game between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at the Coliseum when he took a bat flush to his head.
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The storm ripped apart a scoreboard at Louisiana Tech's softball field and left a few trees overturned nearby, including one that had fallen across the stands behind home plate, photos from Cory Diaz at the Monroe News-Star show.
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Later, the Tampa Bay pitching star Chris Archer, who seemed more energized by the occasion than any other player on either team, reached through the netting behind home plate to give Mr. Obama a baseball glove as a gift.
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But instead of letting him chill at his homecoming, the Yankees paid some man with a pole to poke the raccoon until he fell from seemingly a million feet up off the ground on the netting behind home plate.
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On Saturday, they easily beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 11-6, but their catcher, Austin Romine, took a baseball off his chin, shaking him to the point that he had to be held up by the home plate umpire.
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Betts then stole second on the first pitch to Benintendi and scored on a single that saw right fielder Yasiel Puig airmail his throw to home plate instead of hitting the cutoff man, allowing Benintendi to advance to second.
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Statisticians at Stanford have determined that home-plate umpires are biased by game situations when calling balls and strikes (the same 3-1 pitch with the bases loaded is more likely to be called a strike than ball four).
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For half an hour they sacked Shea Stadium yesterday afternoon and when they were done, great gaps of dirt appeared in the grass and there were craters where the fans had clawed at home plate and the pitching mounds.
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