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Originally posted by Whowefoolin
The strike zone width is 21" wide. 17" for the plate, plus about 2" width of the ball if it nix the outside of the plate.
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IGnoring any "additions" off the plate, and assuming the diameter of the ball is 3" (it's really just a bit less):
Width is 23" if you say "all the ball must go through the strike zone"
Width is 20" if you say "center of the ball must go through the strike zone" (which is a good way to think of it because we tend to see the center of an object moving at relatively high speed)
Width is 17" if you say "any part of the ball must go through the strike zone" (which is what the rules say -- 2.00 STRIKE (b) -- so I think we give the wrong impression if we say the zone is 23" wide)
And, apparently some plates are manufactured so the black is included in the 17" (don't shoot the messenger).
And, apparently theres some rule in some softball code that the black is part of the plate, at least in some circumstances.
[Edited by bob jenkins on Jul 31st, 2002 at 07:29 AM]