way is the pichers mound higher then home plate?
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Originally the pitcher threw from flat ground (as softball pitchers still do), but over time the mound was developed, tipping the balance back the pitchers' way somewhat.
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dont start from home!!! look at a baseball field
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are they really that high?
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Cubs, Yankees, or Red Soxs have to be in the tope 3 in my opinion
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200 to 400 feet some major leagues even longer
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90ft in between each base and its 60ft in between the pitching ruber and homeplate
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It is a little higher than normal.
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Get a landscaper to do it.  Get a copy of the Official Rules of Baseball from the Sporting News, and give that to the guy.  He can craft a mound for you.  The dimensions are very exact, so make sure he follows them, especially:\n\nThe mound is an 18' diameter dirt circle.\n\nYou'll want a home plate, too; it is 60' 6" from the front edge of the pitching rubber to the back point of home.\n\nThere is a flat area on top of the mound measuring 34" by 60"; see that he places the rubber in the right spot within that flat area per the book... :)
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This site has the info you're looking for.\nhttp://www.ballparkdigest.com/stadiums/past/ebbets_2.htm
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In Major League Baseball, the field dimensions are:\n90' between the bases\n60' 6" from pitching rubber to home plate\n127' 3 3/8" from 1st to third or 2nd to home\nPitchers mound - 18' diameter\nOutfield fences and seats vary from park to park
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It is hard to say. These are two of the weakest teams in baseball right now. The outcome would depend on who the starting pitchers are, who has home field advantage, etc. Records mean nothing. Last teams place teams beat first place all the time in major league baseball. Thanks.
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Wrigley Field is known for the Boston ivy planted against the outfield wall in 1937 by Bill Veeck. No batted ball has ever hit the scoreboard, though Sam Snead did manage to hit it with a golf ball teed off from home plate.\n\nBefore 1937, though, Wrigley outfield was rather more spacious. There were other buildings on the west side of the property in 1914, and this compelled the designers to squeeze the structure between those buildings, resulting in the ballpark having a short right field, some 298 feet to the outer wall. The only bleachers were in the left and center field areas. \n\nDuring the off-season between 1922 and 1923, with the extraneous buildings cleared off, engineers took the unusual move of slicing the single-deck grandstand in two places, and rolling those stands 60 feet to the west. The gap was filled in with more seating, resulting in the noticeable "dog leg" in the stands on the first base side, barely visible at the lower right of the "friendly confines" photo accompanying this article. The diamond and the foul lines were rotated 3 degrees counterclockwise, providing room for additional rows of box seats all around foul ground, but resulting in a shallower left field. The bleachers were removed from that area and re-installed across right field. It was then about 360 feet to the outer right field wall, but an inner fence was constructed to cut the distance to 321.\n\nDuring the mid-1920s, the ballpark was upper-decked in two stages, the third-base (shady) side first, and then the first-base (sunny) side. But the bleachers were set. By the early 1930s, distance markers were posted: left field line, 364 feet; left-center against the outer wall, 372; left center, corner of bleachers, 364; deep center field, 440; right center, 354; right field line, 321.\n\nIn 1937, the Cubs announced plans to rebuild the bleachers in concrete instead of wood, to be fronted by brick that would soon be covered in ivy, and to build a new scoreboard. To make the outfield look more symmetrical and graceful, the plans called for extending the left field bleachers to a point closer to the corner. The gentle curves between the ends of the left and right field bleachers would become popularly known as the "wells".
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It depends on the league.\nLittle League has the mound 46-feet from plate and\nMajor Leagues have the mound 60-feet, 6-inches from plate\nAnd other age-group based leagues have distances everywhere in between.
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Yes - It was originallly 45 feet.  In 1881, the distance was set at 50 feet from home plate.    In 1893, it was lengthened to 60 feet, 6 inches, which is the current distance.
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A 4-seam fastball tends to rise in the strikezone while a 2-seam fastball has more of a sink to it
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Right now probably. But it's close. I mean if it was bottom of the 9th bases loaded 2 outs I can't say for sure if I'd choose AP or Bonds. Steroids or not, good legs or not, Bonds is still the most dangerous hitter.
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Yes.  There is a tunnel to get to the infield.