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Originally Posted by Tim C
I am rather surprised that the "high Strike" is even mentioned.
I work a pretty high quality of baseball and we are expected to call anything below the letters a strike (see 'justme' above) and there is never a peep about it.
Since I do not work "non-shaving aged players" I would guess that that strike zone could even be bigger.
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Generally speaking anything at or above the letters is out of the textbook strikezone, not only that but it is also generally above the elbows and close to the hands. If you call the proper zone the advantage is already with the pitcher, calling a strike at or above the letters puts the batter at a severe disadvantage. Non shaving kids have less strength and quickness than shaving kids so it would put them at an even larger disadvantage.
I would not advocate raising the strike zone for the kids.