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Old Fri Jul 10, 2009, 04:05pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by DG View Post
3-4 inches above the belt is a strike by the book and I will get that one every time. Heck, 3-4 baseballs above the belt is a strike by the book, but we don't see that very often.
You need to buy a tape measure. Three or four baseballs above the belt is the armpit. That hasn't been a strike by the book in a loooooooong time.

A little more than the height of one baseball above the top of the uniform pants is a strike by the book. That's the midpoint described in the rule.

Last edited by Kevin Finnerty; Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 04:14pm.
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