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Old Mon Nov 20, 2000, 07:37pm
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Thumbs up It's about time - new high strike zone

I don't know about all you young-uns who have learned to Umpire with the "postage stamp" strike zone, but I'm actually impressed that pitches above the belt may once again be called strikes. Most of the time Umpires call the safes and outs according to the rulebook, but look the other way on the strike zone. I have contended for a long time that if we weren't to call high strikes, the rule should have been changed. Barring that, we may hopefully call all parts of the game according to the book.
My experience has also been that walks, not hits, make the game lengthy.
Please don't feel sorry for Roger Clemens on the high strike, he'll last five years longer if the zone gets higher. Do you young-uns think Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, et.al, would have put up with the recent T-ball zone? It's time to quit making the pitcher lay it in the hitter's zone, and give him some room to work with.

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