Baseball . . .?

Why do baseball players tap the base with their bats?|||1st of all, its home plate, not a base





but they do it to make sure they are the right distance from the plate. Players know they should be able to reach the outside corner with the bat, so they will tap the plate to make sure they are close enough to do so.





Plus, a lot of players have a routine they go through, no reason other than personal preference.|||Square up, both aligning themselves with the plate and ensuring they are standing the distance they want to back from the plate (you can tell if you're farther forward or back then you usually are by the slack in your arms when you have the bat on the same part of the plate each time). For many players this is just a habit or ritual they go through to get in the rhythm of the at-bat.|||Square up to the plate. They don't tape a base first, second and third are bases, home is a plate.|||They tap the plate not the base. It's a rhythym routine for them that is all.|||It's just a routine they go through.