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 seventh pitch was a 95 MPH fastball above the strike zone.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Particularly concerting is the dwindling performance of Ohtani, who is 0-for-19 with the bases empty in the postseason, who doesn’t have an extra base hit in six games, and who seems unnerved by the opponents’ general refusal to give him anything in the strike zone.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Plesac proceeded to throw 16 of the next 19 pitches out of the strike zone and the ensuing four consecutive walks tied the score at 2-2.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
King had a strikeout in all but one of his frames as the Braves often flailed at pitches well outside of the strike zone.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Particularly concerting is the dwindling performance of Ohtani, who is 0-for-19 with the bases empty in the postseason, who doesn’t have an extra base hit in six games, and who seems unnerved by the opponents’ general refusal to give him anything in the strike zone.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Plesac proceeded to throw 16 of the next 19 pitches out of the strike zone and the ensuing four consecutive walks tied the score at 2-2.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
King had a strikeout in all but one of his frames as the Braves often flailed at pitches well outside of the strike zone.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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