NVMBS: Information Page
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Marking the Home Plate Area
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Every wonder how to mark the lines around the home plate area? Ever wonder how that folding contraption is supposed to help mark the batter's box? Well, wonder no more. This brief article will show you the way.
The Home Plate Detail diagram shows the line markings with their dimensions, and how they are set relative to home plate. The lines for the batters box are part of the batter's box and so the dimensions are shown on the outside edge of the lines. Also note that the foul lines are in fair territory. Most times, due to time (or the lack of it), or just not knowing there is one, the catcher's box is not marked; however it is in the rulebook so it is drawn in for completeness.
Ideally the batter's box area should be raked, watered, and tamped before marking the lines.
That folding contraption is the batters box template. The photos below show how it is oriented to home plate. The handle spaces the template six inches from the side of home plate. The hinge is three feet from the back of the batters box and is shown lined up with the apex of home plate.
The template material is about one inch wide. Using the digger tool, or some other thing, to scribe along the inside of the template makes a centerline for the two-inch wide chalk line.
A word about using line markers. Well how about many words. The chalk has a tendency to pack in the hopper. When the chalk has been stored for a long time, it absorbs moisture and packs even more. You can tip the line marker over some so the chalk spills in towards the agitator, or you can fluff up the chalk with the digger tool. Many times bouncing the line marker does wonders.
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