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Mike is correct in that just a whisker of the ball over a sliver of the plate( say the black part) is a good strike. Any umpire with his head on straight will not require the whole ball to be over the whole plate. Umpires that have postage stamp size strike zones are bad for everyone, the batter, the pitcher, the player, the fielders. Make the darn batters swing. Thats what has killed baseball over the past decade.
Next thing some Umps require the whole ball to be above the knee not just at the knee, and in my case the top of the ball can catch the bottom part of the patela (knee) and thats good enough also.
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