[Matt]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I don't care where the catcher's mitt starts out, as long as the pitch is in the strike zone, it's a strike. Now if the catcher has to pull his glove all the way across the plate, and the pitch is borderline, that's a different story. He isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt there like he would if he had stuck it.

Exactly.