strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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Game 3 —The home-plate umpire has a generous strike zone tonight.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Playoff baseball riles up fan bases from coast to coast with questionable strike zones and infuriating manager decisions.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The league has spent years testing its Automated Ball-Strike system — an electronic strike zone that uses pitch tracking technology to determine whether a pitch is a ball or a strike — and since last season two versions of the system have been tested at the Triple-A level.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
In moving water, walleyes use structure as a break from heavy current and as a funnel that sweeps prey into their strike zone.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Playoff baseball riles up fan bases from coast to coast with questionable strike zones and infuriating manager decisions.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The league has spent years testing its Automated Ball-Strike system — an electronic strike zone that uses pitch tracking technology to determine whether a pitch is a ball or a strike — and since last season two versions of the system have been tested at the Triple-A level.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
In moving water, walleyes use structure as a break from heavy current and as a funnel that sweeps prey into their strike zone.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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