home bases

Where runs score

Home bases is the plural of home base.

In baseball, home base is the final station a runner must touch to score, also called home plate.

More broadly, a home base is a headquarters or central location from which operations proceed: The company's home bases are in New York and London.

In children's games like tag, home base is a safe zone where players can't be caught.

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Opposites
baseball field position

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Middle outfield position

outfield · deep center · warning tracks · dugouts · bullpens

base sequence in baseball

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Nearest bags to batters

third bases

operational headquarters vs. remote locations

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Remote settlements or bases

front lines · enemy territory · branch offices · field offices

Family

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