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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Of course, the result is these insufferable, time-consuming, deep pitch counts and boring walks, given the throwers are unable to hit the strike zone!
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Jackson Merrill, who had lined out and struck out in his previous at-bats, then watched a sinker in the heart of the strike zone before getting another belt-high sinker on the inner edge of the plate and grounding it through the hole at shortstop.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Webb’s 1-2 sweeper to Turang was down and away, nowhere near the strike zone, but Turang found a way to get under the breaking ball and flip it into left field.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm hammered a four-seam fastball that skimmed the top of the strike zone over the center-field wall in the first inning.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Jackson Merrill, who had lined out and struck out in his previous at-bats, then watched a sinker in the heart of the strike zone before getting another belt-high sinker on the inner edge of the plate and grounding it through the hole at shortstop.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Webb’s 1-2 sweeper to Turang was down and away, nowhere near the strike zone, but Turang found a way to get under the breaking ball and flip it into left field.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm hammered a four-seam fastball that skimmed the top of the strike zone over the center-field wall in the first inning.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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