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Originally Posted by BretMan
With respect to a runner touching the plate, the black portion is part of the plate. It is the side of the plate, just like all the other bases have a vertical side that rises up from the ground. If the runner had, say, kicked only the side of third base, would you say that he missed third base?
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Nice try. Wrong, but nice try. The plate is mounted flush to the ground so there is no legal vertical side.
If you're using the LL rule book they spell it out in 1.05 for the uninformed.