strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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Jumbotrons then display strike zones with Hawk-Eye tracking technology to show whether the pitch was a ball or a strike.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Human umps are still being graded with a buffer zone that gives them wiggle room if a pitch is barely off the rule-book strike zone.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
How has the computer strike zone changed over time?
MLB has changed the shape of the ABS strike zone several times.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Boyle was reared on Big Eight hoops with Big Eight bushido, but that conference, and that strike zone, feel like quaint throwbacks now.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Human umps are still being graded with a buffer zone that gives them wiggle room if a pitch is barely off the rule-book strike zone.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
How has the computer strike zone changed over time?
MLB has changed the shape of the ABS strike zone several times.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Boyle was reared on Big Eight hoops with Big Eight bushido, but that conference, and that strike zone, feel like quaint throwbacks now.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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