Home Plate

[MD Longhorn]

Unless you've dug a huge trench right next to home plate, it's impossible for the ball to hit the black and not hit the white.

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Unless you've dug a huge trench right next to home plate, it's impossible for the ball to hit the black and not hit the white.

Not true in many areas.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Not true in many areas.

It's not about the location in the country of the plate .... it's about the shape of the plate. Unless the ground adjacent to the black part of the plate goes nearly straight down, the fact that the ball is round and the black portion of the plate angles down 45 degrees makes it impossible for a ball to hit the black portion without also hitting the white portion.

[SNIPERBBB]

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.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

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.

How is it so obvious? The plate is made of a relatively pliable material. Are you sure it has not hit the white also?

[SNIPERBBB]

There is more than on plate design out there and if not buried correctly, it can hit the pure black part.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

There is more than on plate design out there and if not buried correctly, it can hit the pure black part.

I wasn't asking if it was possible, but rather how it was obvious to the PU when it hits the black-only?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

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.

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

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

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

It's not about the location in the country of the plate .... it's about the shape of the plate. Unless the ground adjacent to the black part of the plate goes nearly straight down, the fact that the ball is round and the black portion of the plate angles down 45 degrees makes it impossible for a ball to hit the black portion without also hitting the white portion.

I'll take that bet.