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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)).
The adjective alkaline, and less often, alkalescent, is commonly used in English as a synonym for basic, especially for bases soluble in water. This broad use of the term is likely to have come about because alkalis were the first bases known to obey the Arrhenius definition of a base, and they are still among the most common bases.
Other game-used items which are authenticated include "player jerseys, locker tags, lineup cards, the pitching rubber, home plate, broken bats", and base pads. [5] [10] Any player can request that any item be authenticated, with the request usually being passed to the authenticators by the relevant clubhouse manager. [15]
Typical window cleaning items consist of alcohols, either ethanol or isopropanol like Windex, and surfactants for dissolving grease. Other components include small amounts of ammonia as well as dyes and perfumes. [1] These are composed of organic, water-miscible solvent such as isopropyl alcohol and an alkaline detergent.
Home plate is a baseball term for the final base that a player must touch to score. Home plate may also refer to: Home Plate (Mars), a geologic feature on Mars observed by the Spirit rover; Home Plate, a 1975 album by Bonnie Raitt; Home Plate Farm, a historic building in Sudbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
This is the case since the amount of acid in the rainwater is low. If this alkaline groundwater later comes into contact with the atmosphere, it can lose CO 2, precipitate carbonate, and thereby become less alkaline again. When carbonate minerals, water, and the atmosphere are all in equilibrium, the reversible reaction
The pitcher throws pitches the ball towards home plate, where the catcher for the fielding team waits (in a crouched stance) to receive it. Behind the catcher stands the home plate umpire. The batter stands in one of the batter's boxes and tries to hit the ball with a bat. The pitcher must keep one foot in contact with the top or front of the ...
In the 1963 regular season, Kaline hit .312 with 27 home runs and 101 RBIs, finishing second to Elston Howard in the American League's Most Valuable Player Award voting. [1] [22] Kaline experienced pain in his left foot, the one that had been affected by osteomyelitis as a child, throughout the 1964 season. His batting average dropped to .293 ...