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Guide To Chalking A Baseball Field
Guide To Chalking A Baseball Field
Equipment Needed:
1. Put a peg in the ground as close to the point in home plate as you can. Example shown in
picture above.
2. Tie twine to the peg and unroll twine down the 1st base side until you reach the foul line on the
outfield grass. In the off chance you cant see the outfield foul line, just run the line to the edge
of the outfield grass, making sure the twine runs on the outside of 1st base (see picture above).
3. Use a peg to hold the twine.
4. Now you can just ride over the twine with the chalk machine. Stop when you reach the outfield
grass. Two important notes:
a. START the chalk line on the outside
corner of the batter box. If you take a look
at the picture on the right, you can see the
3rd base line starts outside the batters
box.
b. Shut off the chalk when going over 1st
base. The chalk can make the base
slippery.
5. Do the same thing for the 3rd base foul line.
Dont worry about it. Thats the reason we use chalk! Just get a rake and erase the line. Start over. Be
cool.