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It's the PLATE, not the area of the strike zone.
Huh? I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what you just said.
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The "good corner" refers to the vertical column above the plate.
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No such comment ever made. The interpretation is to eliminate parts of the defined zone which provide difficulty to any batter.
Really?? How about:
The reason for the oval shape is to take away the high inside/high outside, and the low inside/low outside pitches. As Irish noted above, those are not hittable pitches.
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No, YOU said the an umpire made that statement. I clearly pointed out that the Umpire Manual instructs the umpire to do that, not just something an umpire states as a specific deviation for his/her strike zone.
Unless the batter is 27" from the armpits to the knees, it is not possible to have a "square". It used to be presented as a Cheverolet logo. A few years back, the visual of a balloon being compressed a little at the top and bottom. This would cause the sides to expand out giving a more accurate shape of the strike zone the higher ups want called.