Sentences with phrase «batter at home plate»

Rather than the usual strategy of simply having a runner on second base relay a catcher's signs back to the batter at home plate, or have another team employee catch the signs on video before running to the dugout to relay the information so someone can then tell the batter about it, the Red Sox shortened their process by involving modern technology.

Not exact matches

(1) The batter shall keep at least one foot in the batter's box throughout the batter's time at bat, unless one of the following exceptions applies, in which case the batter may leave the batter's box but not the dirt area surrounding home plate:

That dinger was necessary, too, both on the scoreboard and emotionally: in the top of the inning, the Rangers scored on a freak incident at home plate, when Jays» backstop Russell Martin hit Shin - Soo Choo in the batters box with a throw back to the mound.