A 100.9 mph pitch would reach homeplate in .41 seconds. A 90 mile per hour fastball would take an extra .04 seconds.
The mound allows pitchers a much better chance of pitching within the strike zone.
to see were their feet are
On September 8, 1990 the Texas Rangers hosted the Kansas City Royals at Arlington Stadium before a crowd of 34,412. As the second inning lead off hitter for the Royals, Bo Jackson hit Nolan Ryan's first pitch back to the mound. Ryan misplayed it and the baseball hit him in the mouth. Nolan Ryan refused to leave the game and went on to pitch through the seventh inning. Game stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199009080.shtml Nolan Ryan Stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanno01.shtml
It's 60 feet 6 inches away from home plate. The original baseball field designers wanted it to be 60 feet but when the "landscapers" were reading the diagram drawn up it read 60 ' 0" and they read the 0 to be a 6 by mistake.
Should be regulation MLB baseball length. 60 ft 6 in.
Pitchers mound
No
to legally play only one person can be on the pitchers mound while the game is in play
The diameter of an MLB pitcher's mound is 18 feet.
YES
Measure from the front edge of the pitching rubber to the back tip of home plate.
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60'6"
Yes.
More than likely a pitcher's mound is removed by smoothing the dirt out with a bulldozer.
The mound allows pitchers a much better chance of pitching within the strike zone.
The pitchers mound