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home plates

  • plural
    of home plate.
    home plate
    noun
    the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.

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It’s slow-pitch, with two home plates: one for the runner and one for the catcher, and all outs at home are force plays.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2018

The team also would not let him remove and sell home plates from Fenway Park.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014

Steiner enthusiastically walked the two-story, 45,000-square-foot warehouse, past its racks of Yankee jerseys and warm-up jackets and stacks of bases, home plates and pitching rubbers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014

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