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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
The strike zone is ... a five-sided, 3-D area
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Story from my game today: Pitcher throws a boderline high curve ball right down the middle of the plate. Strike I call. Next pitch is another curve ball, at the same height of the previous pitch, except on the inside corner. Ball I call. Assistant coach from the dugout yells "Where the hell was that pitch at?!?!" I yelled back "Hey chief, that was up." Coach responds "That was the same height as the previous pitch." I screamed back "Yes you are correct, but the plate is longer right down the middle than on the inside corner. The pitch down the middle caught the top edge of the strike zone, but the pitch on the corner did not." Coach says back "Okay, sounds good to me."