the plate

"So that was puzzling at the beginning. I remember Marco came in and told me once that the experiment worked, but only in half of the plate. And when we looked at it more carefully, we started seeing that there was a gradient of cell density that seemed to correlate with differences in patterning."

Let the glue dry and remove the glue disk from the plate for a visible souvenir of this experiment.

Then he emerged as an unexpected fan favorite, batting .297 with 20 doubles, 40 RBIs and a signature reception from the crowd whenever he came to the plate.

His physical comedy is at its best when he describes how white announcers at baseball games change their accents when Dominican players come up to the plate.

In the interim, the Dodgers’ hope is that Ohtani won’t be compromised at the plate, since the injury, which Ohtani suffered after jamming his arm into the ground on a slide into second base during the World Series, occurred to the back shoulder in his swing.