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The present invention provides a portable pitching mat having a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat and has a weight attached proximal to the first end; a second side, wherein the second side engages an artificial turf substrate with a plurality

The present invention provides a portable pitching mat having a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat and has a weight attached proximal to the first end; a second side, wherein the second side engages an artificial turf substrate with a plurality of anchors; and a pitching rubber on the first side proximal to the first end. Also provided is a portable mat having a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat; a second side, wherein the second side has a plurality of recessed regions; and a plurality of substrates, wherein each of the plurality of substrates comprises a first face that reversibly engages one of the plurality of recessed regions on the second side; and a second face that engages an artificial turf surface with a plurality of anchors.

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1. A portable pitching mat, said mat comprising: a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat and has a weight attached proximal to the first end;a second side, wherein the second side engages an artificial turf substrate with a plurality of anchors wh

1. A portable pitching mat, said mat comprising: a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat and has a weight attached proximal to the first end;a second side, wherein the second side engages an artificial turf substrate with a plurality of anchors wherein said anchors are attached to removable substrates installed on the second side of the pitching mat; wherein said second side and substrate form a single horizontal plane upon engagement of the artificial turf; anda pitching rubber on the first side proximal to the first end. 2. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the mat further comprises a stripe along the first side running from the first end to the second end along a middle section of the pitching mat. 3. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the plurality of anchors have a length of at least 0.2 inches. 4. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the pitching rubber is removable from the mat. 5. The portable pitching mat of claim 4, wherein the pitching rubber engages the mat through an attachment type selected from the group consisting of a hook and loop fastener, a through pin, screw, nut and bolt, and integral molding. 6. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the pitching rubber weighs at least three pounds. 7. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the plurality of anchors on the second side has a number density of between 40 and 400 per square foot, inclusive. 8. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein density of anchors in a rubber area of the pitching mat under the pitching rubber is greater than density of anchors in a foot area of the pitching mat designated for a pitcher to plant a foot. 9. The portable pitching mat of claim 1, wherein the anchors are angled towards the second end at an angle of between 15 and 75 degrees. 10. A portable mat, said mat comprising: a first side with a first end and a second end, wherein the first side is substantially flat;a second side facing a support surface, wherein the second side has a plurality of recessed regions; anda plurality of substrates, wherein each of the plurality of substrates comprises:a first face that reversibly engages one of the plurality of recessed regions on the second side; anda second face that engages an artificial turf surface with a plurality of anchors wherein said substrates and said second side of mat form a single horizontal plane resting flat against the support surface. 11. The mat of claim 10 further comprising a pitching rubber located on the first side proximal to the first end. 12. The mat of claim 11, wherein the pitching rubber has a weight of at least three pounds. 13. The mat of claim 10, wherein the plurality of anchors on the second side of the plurality of substrates has a number density of between 40 and 400 per square foot, inclusive. 14. The mat of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of anchors has a length of at least 0.2 inches. 15. The mat of claim 10, wherein the plurality of recessed regions is a plurality of channels along a longest side of the mat. 16. The mat of claim 15, wherein the plurality of channels is two channels. 17. The mat of claim 16, wherein the two channels are placed within ten inches of an outside edge of the mat. 18. The mat of claim 15, wherein each channel has a protruding lip to hold the substrate. 19. The mat of claim 10, wherein the first face of the plurality of substrates engages the recessed region via a hook and loop fastener. 20. The mat of claim 10, wherein the plurality of recessed regions is a plurality of polygonal shapes.