David Ortiz (in gray) of the Boston Red Sox stands in the batter's box for left-handed hitters. David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Designated The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions.

In baseball, softball, and similar sports and games, the batter's box is the place where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States. In Baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing Pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team In Baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of It is usually marked with chalk on top of the dirt surrounding home plate. Chalk (ʧɔːk is a soft white porous Sedimentary rock, a form of Limestone composed of the Mineral Calcite. A baseball field or baseball diamond is the field upon which the game of Baseball is played There are two batter's boxes, one for left-handed batters and one for right-handed batters, both are treated the same under the rules. Right-handed batters stand in the batter's box on the left side of home plate from the perspective of the catcher; left handed batters would stand in the opposite batter's box. Handedness is an attribute of human beings defined by their unequal distribution of Fine motor skill between the left and right Hands. Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket.

The pitcher may not throw his pitch before the batter appears to be ready; batters commonly indicate this by keeping one foot on the ground outside of the batter's box. Once the batter enters the batter's box and appears to be ready, the pitcher may pitch at any time. A quick pitch, in Baseball, occurs when the Pitcher throws a pitch to home plate before the batter has had a chance to fully ready himself If a batter wants to leave the batter's box at any time after he appears ready, they often ask the umpire for time first to ensure that no pitch is immediately thrown. In Baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game including beginning and ending the game enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds making In sports, a time-out refers to a stoppage in the match for a short amount of time In Baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play