strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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Once the spring experiment was over, some players were curious about how the ABS strike zone was being called in comparison to the current strike zone.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
But with this challenge system, that ABS strike zone is always lurking.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
DeGrom spotted a sublime slider at the bottom of Jeremy Peña’s strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But the real-life impact seems to have caught pitchers and catchers in particular off guard, even though the definition of the actual strike zone remains the same.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
But with this challenge system, that ABS strike zone is always lurking.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
DeGrom spotted a sublime slider at the bottom of Jeremy Peña’s strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025
But the real-life impact seems to have caught pitchers and catchers in particular off guard, even though the definition of the actual strike zone remains the same.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for strike zone
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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