set: A professional baseball player steps into the batter's box in front of a catcher and umpire. A man holding a baseball bat standing next to home plate. the batter grips his bat and gazes out toward the pitcher's mound, near the bottom of the batter's box, not quite at the plate. A baseball player holds the bat while the catcher and the umpire stand behind him on a baseball diamond. A baseball player at home plate with a baseball bat. 