home plate
Example Sentences
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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
Late in the season, he jammed his left elbow sliding into home plate, jarring loose some bone chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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
He heard it while sitting around home plate at Cal listening to a motivational talk that longtime Cal coach Bob Milano made the team hear over the stadium’s loudspeakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
With a book, which he laid down on home plate.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
