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Old Mon May 04, 2015, 02:21pm
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Not all plates are the same, nor buried properly. I work and play fields that it's quite obvious where the ball hits black or white.


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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB View Post
There is more than on plate design out there and if not buried correctly, it can hit the pure black part.

These are true statements which is one of the reasons there is just a single interpretation.

During my time, I've seen plates with black borders from about a quarter inch to more than an inch outside the given dimensions; Plates that were one-piece of white rubber with beveled edges within and outside the given dimensions, and have even seen wooden plates with rounded edges
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