Patent ID: 7614967

Claim:
A system for practicing pitching, comprising: a home plate; a pitching area; a batter mannequin disposed upon a first foundation which is not rotatably connected to said home plate, said batter mannequin selectively movable to a right handed batting position or to a left handed batting position; a catcher mannequin disposed upon a second foundation, said second foundation disposed behind said home plate; said catcher mannequin selectively moveable with respect to home plate alone a transverse path; said first foundation including rolling means for selectively rolling said first foundation to either a right side of said home plate or to a left side of said home plate so that said batter mannequin assumes either said right handed batting position or said left handed batting position respectively; said rolling means including two wheels connected to said first platform; said pitching area including an elevated pitching platform upon which a user stands; said elevated pitching platform having a sloping portion which slopes downward toward said home plate; said batter mannequin having a body which is bilaterally symmetrical about a vertical median plane; said batter mannequin having hands which are centered out in front of said body and which reside upon said vertical median plane; said hands holding a bat which is bisected by said vertical median plane; said batter mannequin having a rotatable head, said rotatable head manually rotatable to (1) a left-looking position when said batter mannequin is in said right handed batting position so that said batter mannequin looks at said pitching area, and (2) a right-looking position when said batter mannequin is in said left handed batting position so that said batter mannequin looks at said pitching area; said second foundation having wheels for transversely moving said catcher mannequin; an angled guard disposed in front of said second foundation; a first pulley system for controlling said transverse movement of said catcher mannequin; said first pulley system having a control; said control disposed at said pitching area; said catcher mannequin having a mitt; said mitt selectively movable in a vertical direction; a second pulley system for controlling said vertical movement of said mitt; said second pulley system having a control; and, said control disposed at said pitching area.