Restoring old baseball diamond but need help

Scotty,
go to the "Field Maintenance" section on the main menu and you will find a wealth of information discussing this very topic. Also, use the "Find" button if you need to narrow your search.
Welcome aboard, and you've found the right place for your questions. Good luck!

Here is the link to the message:

Laying out a field

Simplest and most accurate method would be to tie a string to each foul pole long enough to reach the back stop.

Lay the plate down in an area where the two strings seem to intersect until they match up with the two angled lines on the back of the plate.

Mark out and install home plate, leaving strings in place. If possible paint or line foul lines.

After establishing first and third base, lay your line to second base and mark the distance to the rubber between home and second.

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"How do I locate home plate, based on where the foul poles are?"

Quincy has laid out a method for you to locate home plate. It seems logical...should work.
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"Is there a simple way?

I am so glad you asked that. The answer is yes indeed! Quincy's method is fine, but a wee boring. If you want to generate a good measure of excitement, try our scheme. It's a bit different than Quincy's and involves some amount of risk. Not only is it simple, it's also loads of fun!

The trick is getting your hands on one of these...



...and finding someone who can run all of the gizmoes in the back while you're buzzing the diamond. You should be able to locate home plate certainly within a dozen or so passes.

The key is to keep it level and stay low...really low. And remember to watch out for those foul poles...they can mess up a leading edge if you clip one.

This may sound ironic, but you will definitely want to keep below the radar. It's risky to fly too high...trust me. They're cracking down on that big time nowadays!

If you successfully locate home plate and avoid capture by those multi-lingual, baby blue helmeted, NATO Inventory Managers you should be the talk of your league and your mere presence will forever bring a smile to the face of each and every parent and player in perpetuity.

Remember...stay low. And if they should happen to catch you just toss the keys one way and run like an AWACS rustler the other way!

Good luck Scottyboy and welcome to the HSBBW. Let us know how it all turns out!




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Scotty,

Okay, GW has a really fun way to do it, but it'll be kinda expensive. I suggest to try drawing out the field dimensions and then slip in this simple little formula...works every time...




Welcome and as you can see these guys like to have fun...

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Uh Coach...I think you forgot to carry the one.




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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Uh Coach...I think you forgot to carry the one.




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Darn it! I knew something didn't look right(see note middle of page)...

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How on earth you ever got U2 to equal 54e raised to the 2t power is beyond me?



According to respected and knowledgeable critics U2 always equaled a "combination of zealous righteousness and post-punk experimenters."




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Scottyboy22,
I contributed to the thread that Kokomojo provided a link to, and I see that, as usual, my description was pretty opaque.

You want home plate positioned so that the foul lines make a right angle. It turns out, if you look at the geometry of the situation, that home plate can be positioned anywhere along a circular line and have perpendicular foul lines. Here's how to draw an arc that shows the possible positions for the plate:

In the outfield, put a spike in the ground half-way along the straight line between the two poles. You can locate the position of the spike with a string, making sure that it takes the same length of string to reach both poles from the spike. Then, still using the same length of string, go to near the back stop, and with the string pulled tight, sweep out an arc on the ground. Or, if you know that you want home plate centered with respect to the backstop, just stretch the string toward the center of the backstop. The distance from the spike to each of the foul poles and to the point of home plate should all be the same.

Unless the field is huge, 250 feet of string will be enough.

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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How on earth you ever got U2 to equal 54e raised to the 2t power is beyond me?

This, my friend, is the new math...U2 is powerful stuff. If you listen to the lyrics of their songs closely they will unleash the secrets of the universe. For instance, when listening to the song backwards, 'Love and Peace or Else' from the album, 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' it is said to be the complete rendering of the Steven Hawkens' book, 'A Brief History of Time, From the Big Bang to Black Holes'.

Good stuff...I mean to read

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I read this book backwards...



...and felt much better when I finished!




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GW,

That brings a smile to my face...and a bit of laughter...

The threads have some good advice. We just redid one of our fields and I would strongly suggest you find a surveyor who can help you out. You don't mention if this is for a league or school but find a parent (or a friend of one) who is a surveyor who can help you shoot in all of the plates as well as establish grades and drainage of the field. They will also shoot in the pitchers mound height. Not only do you need to get in the "vertical" view dimensions but you also need to establish the plane of the field.

If you can find a heavy equipment operator who can help you also. Find people who know what they are doing in grading and land contours and you will be way ahead.

Good Luck!

General contractors often have the right equipment as well - laser levels can make life so much simpler!!!

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"...as well as establish grades and drainage of the field."

Excellent advice!




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Thanks for the great ideas, everyone. I tried the jet thing but just sucked a few pheasants into the engines. I think I'll try 3FingeredGlove's idea next.

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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I read this book backwards...



...and felt much better when I finished!



Wow. I was kind of hoping I was just having a nightmare about this guy. |:-O
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"I tried the jet thing but just sucked a few pheasants into the engines."

Not quite a pheasant, but I do hope you managed to grind this one up!






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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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"I tried the jet thing but just sucked a few pheasants into the engines."

Not quite a pheasant, but I do hope you managed to grind this one up!






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My remote automatically skips this channel. I feel bad for the three viewers PMSNBC has: Obama, Pelosi and Reid.