Dish
Home plate
Example
Guzman steps up to the dish with 2 men on and 1 out
Just because they call it the dish doesn't mean you should lick it
Related Slang
| MLB | Major League Baseball |
| AB | At bat |
| C | Catcher |
| Baltimore Chop | Baseball hit that takes a large hop over an infielder |
| Meatball | Easy pitch to hit |
| Leather | Defense ability |
Can you score under par in this golf terms quiz?
Baseball fans sometimes refer to home plate as "the dish." It's thought that this nickname references the home plate's likeness to a clean white dinner plate.
Confusingly, baseball aficionados also sometimes refer to particularly good pitches as dishes. They may also say a pitcher who's performing well is "dishing it." Hopefully, context will tell you whether dish refers to home plate or a sick pitch.