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Amy Williams, or 'Front Row Amy,' is in her regular seat behind home plate and keeping score. Williams has been attending Brewers games since 2007 and is often at the team's marquee games.
A catcher attempts to block a baserunner from reaching home plate. In baseball, blocking the plate is a technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring. The act of blocking the plate accounted for most of the physical contact in Major League Baseball prior to the 2014 season, when it was outlawed except when the catcher already has possession of the ball.
Kansas City Royals catcher and 5× Gold Glove winner Salvador Pérez stands behind home plate during a 2013 game versus the New York Mets. Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to ...
A catcher who puts a foot, leg, or whole body between home plate and a runner attempting to score, is said to "block the plate". Blocking the plate is a dangerous tactic, and may be considered obstruction ( Official Rules of Baseball, Rule 2.00 (Obstruction) ).
Collisions at home plate have decreased in recent years thanks to rule changes, but this one still ended badly. An MLB catcher suffered neck and knee injuries during a brutal home plate collision ...
Korey Lee broke out of a slide in a memorable way. The Chicago White Sox catcher was hitless in his last 23 at-bats when he stepped to the plate in the second inning against the Kansas City Royals ...
A baseball field can be referred to as a diamond. The infield is a rigidly structured diamond of dirt and grass containing the three bases, home plate, and the pitcher's mound. The space between the bases and home is normally a grass surface, save for the dirt mound in the center.
Willson Contreras' broken left forearm was a scary reminder of the increasing danger for catchers who have moved closer to home plate over the years in an effort to steal strike calls at the ...