because there are 4 bases and all are the same distance apart, which makes a square which is a diamond turned sideways.
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A baseball field is in the shape of a diamond or a square, depending on which perspective you look at it from. The bases are also shaped like squares.
well the properties of a hexagon is that is that it's shaped like a diamond.
The baseball term diamond is in reference to the object you would see if you drew a line from home plate to first base, first base to second base, second base to third base, and third base to home plate. Each of these lines would be the same length (90 feet), therefore, the object would look like a square if you were sitting down the left field or right field lines. But if you were sitting in center field or behind home plate, the object would look like a diamond. A diamond is really a square turned on it's side.
A diamond, or mathematically correct a parallelogram or tilted square. You may also be thinking of a trapezoid.
It is a pentagon, but not a regular pentagon- it is shaped like home plate for baseball or softfball.