Patent ID: 8602919

Claim:
A pitching cage for throwing practice, comprising: a frame having a height, a width, a depth, a front end and a back end; a strike zone indicator that defines a strike zone boundary; a first support that suspends the strike zone indicator to the frame in a first designated position; a pitch locator that cooperates with the strike zone indicator to narrow the availability of a strike zone within the strike zone boundary, wherein the strike zone is defined by: at least one strike area pass through that defines an area that allows a ball thrown towards the front end of the frame within the strike zone to pass through towards the back end of the frame; and at least one strike area barricade that defines an area that obstructs the ball thrown towards the front end of the frame within the strike zone from passing through towards the back end of the frame; a target having a target surface; and a second support that hangs the target down from a select one of a plurality of lateral supports that span across a top of the frame, the second support having a plurality of holes there along that cooperate with discrete positions along the selected lateral support such that the target can be relocated vertically and laterally across the pitching cage to a position that is set to a select one of within the strike zone and outside the strike zone, wherein the target is further selectively repositionable between the strike zone indicator and the back end of the frame thus allowing adjustment in depth, and wherein the target obstructs the ball thrown into the frame from passing towards the back end of the frame.