home plate ump
Behind the catcher
The home plate ump is the umpire positioned behind home plate in baseball, responsible for calling balls and strikes, plays at the plate, and fair/foul calls on batted balls.
This ump has the most visible and contested role on the field: The home plate ump rang him up on a borderline pitch.
Also called the plate umpire.
- catcherMasked diamond position
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- strike zoneHittable pitch region
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
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