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== Baseball == In [[baseball]], the [[baseball field|diamond]], as well as the area immediately beyond it, has both grass and dirt, in contrast to the more distant, usually grass-covered, ''outfield''. The "diamond" can also refer to the defensive unit of players that are positioned in the region: [[first baseman]], [[second baseman]], [[shortstop]], [[third baseman]]. Sometimes it includes the [[catcher]] and [[pitcher]] who (as a tandem) are often referred to separately as the [[Battery (baseball)|battery]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} In baseball the physical infield is where most of the action in a baseball game occurs, as it includes that area where the all-important duel between the [[pitcher]] and [[batting (baseball)|batter]] takes place.<ref name="Mahony">{{cite web |title = Baseball Explained |first = Phillip |last = Mahony |publisher = McFarland Books |year = 2014 |url=http://www.baseballexplained.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813034018/http://www.baseballexplained.com/ |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The pitcher stands on the [[pitcher's mound]] (a raised mound of dirt located at the center of the infield) and from there he pitches the ball to his [[catcher]], who is crouched behind home plate sixty feet, six inches away at what might be called the cutlet of the diamond-shaped baseball field. To the left and right of the catcher are chalk boxes in the dirt called [[Baseball field#Playing areas near home plate|batter's boxes]]. The opposing team's batter must stand in one of the two boxes and from there he will attempt to hit the pitched ball with his bat. The [[umpire]], who officiates the game, stands behind the catcher. The other important parts of the infield are the three [[base (baseball)|bases]], [[first base]] (to the pitcher's left, looking toward home plate), [[second base]] (behind the pitcher) and [[third base]] (to the pitcher's right). Together, home plate and the three bases form a diamond around the pitcher, with each side of the diamond measuring {{convert|90 |feet}}.<ref name="Mahony"/>
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