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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With 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd in the bottom of the 7th, Carlson rung up Gleyber Torres on a pitch out of the strike zone.
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Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The team has 55 walks this postseason and trails only the Yankees in chase rate, swinging at pitches outside the strike zone just 25.2% of the time.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The seventh pitch was a 95 MPH fastball above the strike zone.
—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
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Maury Brown, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The team has 55 walks this postseason and trails only the Yankees in chase rate, swinging at pitches outside the strike zone just 25.2% of the time.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The seventh pitch was a 95 MPH fastball above the strike zone.
—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
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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