Gray Area Strikes

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Wow. Now I'm whacking myself upside the head trying to knock all of this post out of my head!! Ouch!!

Seconded.

Originally Posted by tballump

Even if someone could draw a "picture", and everyone on this post finally came to an agreement on what the strike zone should be by definition, when the actual pitch crosses the plate, there would still be a difference as to what one umpire perceives as a ball hitting that strike zone, and what another umpire perceives as a ball hitting that strike zone.

Unfortunately, no matter how the strike zone is objectively defined and interpreted, it is still subjectively applied by each individual umpires own judgment.

Well, of course it is. That's why so much of this thread has become a great discussion. It's really got me thinking for when I get back on the field.