Maths Inside Baseball

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park offers an indoor pool and club where fans could drink and/or swim
during ball games. Fans who visit the Tropicana Field can touch and feel
one of more than 30 cownose rays. The water spectacles at Kauffman
Stadium runs in summer games for those who are sweltering. Rogers
Centre is much more than a ballpark; it also has a hotel built into it. 70 of
those rooms have a view of the playing field. In Toronto, you can lie in
bed and watch a live MLB game. Besides, each of 30 stadiums provides
interesting activities and events to satisfy fans visiting their ballpark.​^2


Image 3-3: Marriott City Hotel at Rogers Centre

// Area of a Baseball Infield


Now let's draw a baseball field using the dimensions and calculate the
area. To start with, we need to look at the home plate first. According to
MLB, home plate is a pentagonal shape with sides of 17, 8.5, 8.5, 12, and
12 inches.

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