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Originally Posted by DG
The strike zone is three dimensional. It has width, height, and depth. It is directly over the plate, not where the batter stands. A pitch can certainly look high on its way to the plate and fall into the strike zone.
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Absolutely right. The strike zone is not a flat plane like a pane of glass. It is a five-sided, 3-D area determined
not by where in the box the batter stands, but by the area over the five-sided slab of whitened rubber we refer to as "home plate."
Pitches often come in as inside, then break over what is known as the "back corner," which is located 8 and 1/2 inches to the rear of the front edge of the plate.