In baseball, softball, an similar sports and games, the batter's box is the place where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. It is usually marked with chalk on top of the dirt surrounding home plate. There are two batter's boxes, one for left-handed batters and one for right-handed batters, both are treated the same under the rules. Right-handed batters stand in the batter's box on the left side of home plate from the perspective of the catcher; left handed batters would stand in the opposite batter's box.