It may get across the plate, but so what?

Still, it is not an easy pitch to get across the plate.

"If you don't get it, maybe six or seven guys walk across the plate."

"Sometimes I get the ball across the plate," he said.

Not much, anyway, has come across the plate of late.

Williams slid past home, sweeping his hand across the plate.

Joe made his decision to cover him coming low across the plate.

"I feel like my stuff is exploding across the plate," he said earlier this month.

"I was just hoping they wouldn't call me out for stepping across the plate."

The Yankees then push three runs across the plate to win the game (4-3 final).