Jeremy Kapstein
He is the guy at Fenway Park that sits directly behind home plate wearing the yellow headphones.. A.K.A- "Yellow Headphones Guy"
There is no batting cage behind home plate.
No. The Home Plate Umpire, the Catcher, and the Batters are in foul territory, because they are all positioned behind the foul lines.
Behind Home Plate.
Usually in the cage behind home plate where the radar gun is located.
The Home Plate Umpire...
A pitched ball is ruled either a ball or strike based on whether or not it has passed over home plate. Extend the surface of home plate upwards, and that is the zone through which the ball must pass. If a pitched ball does not pass over home plate, but is still caught directly behind home plate (curve ball) it is a ball.
Behind home plate.
Behind home plate
They put a net behind home plate for protection of the crowds. If a ball is fouled backwards, the net will catch the ball before it has the chance to injure a spectator.
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It is referred to as the "backstop"