Bump

The bump is an artificial hill for the pitcher. It positions closer to the home plate between the first and third bases. The player’s legs stand on the rubber top. MLB requires this mound’s center must locate 18 meters or 59 feet from the home plate’s rear point. Its diameter should be 18 feet or 5,5 m. The top part of the pitcher’s plate is exactly 25 cm or 10 inches above the home plate. MLB standardized it in 1969 after some teams got favorable pitching results because their mound was twice or even trice higher than their opponents. It is one of the