strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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Even with a tight strike zone from plate umpire Adam Beck on Friday, Yamamoto blamed his poor execution as the primary factor.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Developing a consensus on what a computer strike zone should be has been an issue.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Shohei Ohtani swung at none of them: not the first one on the inner half, the second at his letters or the 93.8 mph offering that nicked the outside corner of Brennan Miller’s strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
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.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Developing a consensus on what a computer strike zone should be has been an issue.
—Ronald Blum, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Shohei Ohtani swung at none of them: not the first one on the inner half, the second at his letters or the 93.8 mph offering that nicked the outside corner of Brennan Miller’s strike zone.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
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.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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