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The strike zone is a volume of space, a vertical right pentagonal prism. Its sides are vertical planes extending up from the edges of home plate.The official rules of Major League Baseball define the top of the strike zone as the midpoint between the top of the batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the bottom of the strike zone is at the hollow beneath the kneecap, both ...
A checked swing is not an official term or call in baseball, such as a strike or ball, but is a common phrase used by commentators, fans, players, etc. to describe a situation in which a batter starts to swing the bat at a pitched ball, but stops the swing in order to allow the ball to pass without hitting it.
The NPB uses a smaller strike zone, and playing field. The strike zone is narrower "inside" than away from the batter. Five NPB teams have fields whose small dimensions would violate the American Official Baseball Rules. The note set out at the end of Rule 1.04 specifies minimum dimensions for American ballparks built or renovated after 1958: ...
MLB reduced the top of the zone to 51% of a batter’s height from 56%. ... The robot strike zone will be getting slightly bigger at Triple-A starting Tuesday in an attempt to make it better ...
Dave Roberts thinks Shohei Ohtani can be even better with more plate discipline with runners in scoring position. The Los Angeles Dodgers manager approached the two-time AL MVP about a week ago to ...
Major League Baseball is ramping up its testing of an automated strike zone.
The strike zone did not come into being until 1887; before that season, it was left to the umpire's judgement whether a pitch was "good" or "unfair." Foul balls were also not considered strikes initially, as discussed under rule 10. 12th. If a ball be struck, or tipped, and caught, either flying or on the first bound, it is a hand out.
The PITCHf/x data is used in MLB's online Gameday webcast to show the path and speed of each pitch, as well as the location with respect to the strike zone as the pitch crossed the front of home plate. Gameday presents two values from PITCHf/x to characterize the deflection of the pitch trajectory.