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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To ensure certain pitches were called as balls, Clase threw many of them in the dirt, well outside the strike zone, according to investigators.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Clase would often throw those pitches well outside of the strike zone in the dirt, the indictment alleges.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
According to an indictment unsealed Sunday in federal court in Brooklyn, Clase and Ortiz helped bettors from their native Dominican Republic win in-game prop bets on pitch speed and outcome by throwing certain pitches slower and down in the dirt, well out of the strike zone.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
At least before then, a pitcher had to lob four pitches outside the strike zone to complete the task.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Clase would often throw those pitches well outside of the strike zone in the dirt, the indictment alleges.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
According to an indictment unsealed Sunday in federal court in Brooklyn, Clase and Ortiz helped bettors from their native Dominican Republic win in-game prop bets on pitch speed and outcome by throwing certain pitches slower and down in the dirt, well out of the strike zone.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
At least before then, a pitcher had to lob four pitches outside the strike zone to complete the task.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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