strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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Available information doesn’t narrow down a potential strike zone much, but that will also likely change as more data is collected.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Commissioner Rob Manfred has said that the human strike zone tends to look more like an oval, unlike robo-umps whose zones look more rectangular.
—Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Valdez spotted an 0-1 sinker on the outer half of his strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
In the bottom of the fifth, manager Brian Snitker was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Brian Walsh, whose strike zone was erratic all night.
—David O'Brien, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Commissioner Rob Manfred has said that the human strike zone tends to look more like an oval, unlike robo-umps whose zones look more rectangular.
—Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Valdez spotted an 0-1 sinker on the outer half of his strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
In the bottom of the fifth, manager Brian Snitker was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Brian Walsh, whose strike zone was erratic all night.
—David O'Brien, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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