Baseball's Home Plate Is IMPOSSIBLE Mathematically

Home base is defined by a geometric construction. Take a square whose side is 17" and then remove two corners. The adjacent sides are 8.5", and the two remaining sides are 12" and meet at a right angle. The only problem: this is an impossible* shape mathematically! How can we fix baseball? In the video I solve for the correct measurements of the two remaining sides.

*impossible in the standard Euclidian plane. I mean who would play baseball in any other kind of geometry any way? ;)

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Rule 2.02 in 2017 MLB handbook


Now I know


Via NY Post


MathWorld


Math on the McKenzie


The Mathematical Tourist


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