home plate
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Snell threw two pitches to Hao-Yu Lee and then, after a conversation with home plate umpire Chris Guccione, headed off the field and disappeared down the dugout tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Báez, now 23, pulverized the very first pitch he saw as a big-leaguer over the center-field fence, a titanic blast that landed 449 feet away from home plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He heard it while sitting around home plate at Cal listening to a motivational talk that longtime Cal coach Bob Milano made the team hear over the stadium’s loudspeakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
After putting down the tag, and spotting the home plate umpire’s safe motion, Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing immediately pointed to the Dodgers’ dugout, urging manager Dave Roberts to challenge the call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
He couldn’t have been more than the distance from home plate to the pitcher’s mound.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
