Sentence examples for and the backstop from inspiring English sources

On good days, though, they seem as if they could plow right through the catcher, the umpire and the backstop.

The only change is the 21 fewer feet between home plate and the backstop, to accommodate $2,500 seats.

Only the reduced space between home plate and the backstop — it is now 20 feet closer — alters the pitcher's perception.

Elders sat on an old refrigerator laid on its side, and the backstop was made from chicken wire.

A survey of about half the major league ballparks showed some correlation between the obtrusiveness of the net from the high home plate position and shorter distances between home and the backstop netting.

Hence, in such a situation, no resources will be extracted or used, and the backstop technology is resorted to immediately.

The artificial turf is battered and torn, the backstop is small, and when batters hit homers, the balls often fly off the side of a cliff at the edge of the field.

He singled to left and took second base when Hitchcock threw a pitch over Greene and to the backstop.

DeRosa scored when Santana bounced a changeup in the dirt and to the backstop.

The ball sailed over the catcher and hit the backstop on the fly.

"We were the intermediary and sometimes the backstop donor, but it produced real results," he said.