The Plate in ASA Class D SlowPitch?

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

The black, technically, is not part of home plate. It is beveled so a sliding runner will not catch his/her cleats, and possibly sustain a leg injury. Now, for reality. In baseball, fast pitch softball, and slow pitch softball, I ALWAYS called the black as being in the strike zone. If the rule states that a pitched ball is dead when it hits the plate, I've got, "STRIKE. DEAD BALL".

Bob

If the black in not part of the plate why would you kill the play??? Confused!