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 Brewers swung at only 25% of pitches out of the strike zone.
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And something up in the strike zone.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Once that happens a graphic will be shown on the ballpark scoreboard displaying where the pitch crossed the plate, and if any part of the ball touches any part of the strike zone, it will be ruled a strike.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And something up in the strike zone.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Once that happens a graphic will be shown on the ballpark scoreboard displaying where the pitch crossed the plate, and if any part of the ball touches any part of the strike zone, it will be ruled a strike.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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