the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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The Busch Stadium scoreboard lit up with a graphic of the strike zone.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Statcast switched its measurement to the ABS version of the strike zone this year.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
One of those sweepers hung up in the strike zone, and Pete Crow-Armstrong yanked it down the line and over the right field wall for a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Cameron missed around the strike zone.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Statcast switched its measurement to the ABS version of the strike zone this year.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
One of those sweepers hung up in the strike zone, and Pete Crow-Armstrong yanked it down the line and over the right field wall for a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Cameron missed around the strike zone.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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