Week 11 Prompt I

Uncle Henry's Ad-  Build it and they will come. One backstop for baseball. Has all the fence, post, fittings for a large backstop. Was used about four years. Also have some side line fence for an additional price. $1000 cash.

Backstops are an integral part of baseball. If there were no backstop, then there would have to be ten players on the field, one extra one to back up the catcher. Because any passed ball or wild pitch would never stop. 

A backstop is more important than any other fence on the field. I have experienced fields with no outfield fence, no out of play fence along the side, just a backstop. A good backstop will prevent many foul balls from escaping the field. Which is useful if you are playing on a field with trees or buildings directly behind the backstop.

But all backstops should stop passed balls. There was one field I played on with a backstop with wood on the bottom. I would run on the passed ball, and the ball would either bounce off the wood all the way back to the pitcher, or it would go underneath and out of play.

As a baserunner I prefer one farther back, to give more time to the baserunner. Nothing like going from first to third on a passed ball.

I enjoy backstops very much, but $1000 used? No thanks.