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Old Fri Jul 10, 2009, 11:24pm
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Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty View Post
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.
Halfway between the belt and shoulders is not 3 inches above the belt on any normal player I know.

Last edited by DG; Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 11:37pm.
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