home plate
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Snell threw two pitches to Hao-Yu Lee and then, after a conversation with home plate umpire Chris Guccione, headed off the field and disappeared down the dugout tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
“There were umpires in the Valley who trembled at the thought of being behind home plate with McDowell on the mound,” I wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Báez, now 23, pulverized the very first pitch he saw as a big-leaguer over the center-field fence, a titanic blast that landed 449 feet away from home plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A fan sitting behind home plate at the Dodgers-Athletics game Tuesday night really had his head in the game — but not the game he was attending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then he turned around and walked down to home plate and picked up our two bats; we always left the bats for him to carry.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
