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Old Tue Aug 19, 2003, 11:21am
CecilOne CecilOne is offline
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Even if you think the black is not part of the plate, it's impossible to prove that a ball can hit the black without hitting the white also. I know someone will come up with a plate that has a very wide and flat black, but that is by far the smallest percentage of plate designs and we have to be consistent. Of course if a pitch that hits the black is a ball, then a pitch that crosses the black is a strike.

Personally, I always figured that whatever part of the plate was 17 inches wide was the plate and the rest was support; but I have been instructed otherwise.
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