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 |
Take the pop culture acronym challenge
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.