Strike Zone

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Originally posted by rwest
Hey gang,

Thanks for the input. One clarification. Someone mentioned that the ball had to cross the mitre to be a strike. Well, the rule book, on page 56, actually describes the strike zone as follows:

When a batter assumes a natural batting stance adjacent to home plate, the strike zone is that space over any part of home plate between the batter's:

A. (Fast Pitch Only) Arm pits and the top of the knees.
B. (Slow Pitch Only) Back shoulder and the front knee.

So, if you take the rule book literally, then the ball the just nicks the front corner within a legal arch is a strike.

What say you....

If you take the rule book literally, then you will notice that unless the batter has no legs below his/her knees, there is no way a ball just nicking the front corner of the plate cleared the batter's front knee as they were standing adjacent to the plate.

Call the entire strike zone simultaneously, not just a piece at a time