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Old Thu Mar 18, 2021, 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by Six_DanO View Post
We have a school that just put turf in for their baseball and softball fields. They neglected to put pitchers plates in. Their question is "can we paint them on"?

Rule book says "pitchers plate is to be 24 x 6 made of molded rubber or similar material and top surface is to be even with the playing surface".

Is there an exception for turf fields? ex; painted on
No; they need to add the pitcher's plate. In no case is paint a similar material to a rubber pitchers plate.
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