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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Base runners run to a line near first base or home plate .
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Even after I took the mound, people kept walking by, standing, talking, and laughing behind home plate .
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He went on jawing a while longer then returned to home plate .
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In his later years, Camilli still followed baseball keenly, frequently sitting behind home plate at Giants games at Candlestick.
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Lawson and Locke sit in Section 4, Row K, closer to home plate than third base.
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Leyland deadpanned while standing amid the postgame hugs near home plate .
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Scott Brosius was ejected in the sixth inning during an argument with home plate ump Larry Barnett.
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The Orioles claimed the umpire blew the call at home plate .