home plate
noun
: a 5-sided rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond at which a batter stands when batting and which must be touched by a base runner in order to score
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The runner was tagged out at home plate.
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He was promptly ejected by home plate umpire John Tumpane.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Failure to overturn the call enraged Boone, who earned himself an ejection from home plate umpire John Tumpane with a spiteful toss of his gum after replay appeared to show the ball landing on chalk.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Waters disagreed with home plate umpire Nick Mahrley after he was rung up, but the Royals were turned away with another scoreless frame.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2025
In the third, Miami rookie manager Clayton McCullough was ejected for the first time in his career by home plate umpire Chad Fairchild for arguing base-path interference on Xavier Edwards, who collided with Aranda at first base.
—Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Failure to overturn the call enraged Boone, who earned himself an ejection from home plate umpire John Tumpane with a spiteful toss of his gum after replay appeared to show the ball landing on chalk.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Waters disagreed with home plate umpire Nick Mahrley after he was rung up, but the Royals were turned away with another scoreless frame.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2025
In the third, Miami rookie manager Clayton McCullough was ejected for the first time in his career by home plate umpire Chad Fairchild for arguing base-path interference on Xavier Edwards, who collided with Aranda at first base.
—Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
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“Home plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20plate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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