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An outdoor baseball practice facility including a playing surface with a plurality of adjacent stations arranged thereon. Each station of the present invention includes a homeplate with angularly diverging baselines extending away therefrom to define a playing field therebetween. The baselines of an

An outdoor baseball practice facility including a playing surface with a plurality of adjacent stations arranged thereon. Each station of the present invention includes a homeplate with angularly diverging baselines extending away therefrom to define a playing field therebetween. The baselines of any one station overlap the baselines of one or more adjacent stations. The baselines of each station have a distinguishable appearance from the baselines of other adjacent stations to allow a batter to better appreciate whether a struck ball remains within a specified playing field. Each station of the present invention furthermore includes an apparatus for presenting balls at an elevated distance above the homeplate of each station. A homerun area on the playing surface is disposed a predetermined distance away from the homeplate of each station.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An outdoor baseball practice facility, comprising:a playing surface defining an unobstructed playing area having a generally flat contour between opposed ends thereof, and wherein said playing area ranges about 325 feet and about 400 feet between said opposed ends;a plura

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An outdoor baseball practice facility, comprising:a playing surface defining an unobstructed playing area having a generally flat contour between opposed ends thereof, and wherein said playing area ranges about 325 feet and about 400 feet between said opposed ends;a plurality of stations disposed on and arranged toward one end of the playing area, each station including a home plate from which a ball is hit radially outwardly therefrom, and foul lines extending in divergent directions from each other and away from the home plate, with at least one foul line of one station extending in overlapping relation to a foul line of at least one adjacent station, and wherein the foul lines associated with each station are visually identifiable from the foul lines of another station to provide a visual indication whether a ball hit from home plate remains within a range defined by the foul lines of that particular station, and with the flat contour of the playing surface yielding visual access to how far from home plate and where on the playing surface a ball hit from home plate will actually fall.