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Old Sun Jun 03, 2012, 06:01pm
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Fox College Sports carried the Texas High School 4a and 5a state championship games on TV so I recorded them. They are playing on UTs home field in Austin.

I am noticing that there is a black line drawn from about a third of the way up the foul lines on both 1B and 3B sides, running straight back into foul ground, then diagonally around the back of the catcher's box to the other foul line.

Is this just a decorative line with no meaning or is there some significance to this line?
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Old Sun Jun 03, 2012, 06:09pm
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Fox College Sports carried the Texas High School 4a and 5a state championship games on TV so I recorded them. They are playing on UTs home field in Austin.

I am noticing that there is a black line drawn from about a third of the way up the foul lines on both 1B and 3B sides, running straight back into foul ground, then diagonally around the back of the catcher's box to the other foul line.

Is this just a decorative line with no meaning or is there some significance to this line?
That's called the Lone Star line. No beer allowed within that area
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Old Sun Jun 03, 2012, 06:36pm
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That's called the Lone Star line. No beer allowed within that area
Wow! Guess I don't want to be assigned the plate down there then.
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Fox College Sports carried the Texas High School 4a and 5a state championship games on TV so I recorded them. They are playing on UTs home field in Austin.

I am noticing that there is a black line drawn from about a third of the way up the foul lines on both 1B and 3B sides, running straight back into foul ground, then diagonally around the back of the catcher's box to the other foul line.

Is this just a decorative line with no meaning or is there some significance to this line?
Decorative, only
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Old Sun Jun 03, 2012, 11:24pm
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Decorative, only
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That's called the Lone Star line. No beer allowed within that area
Unless one is carried a loaded rifle.

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