Bigger Strike Zone

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

It's the PLATE, not the area of the strike zone.

Huh? I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what you just said.

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

No such comment ever made. The interpretation is to eliminate parts of the defined zone which provide difficulty to any batter.

Really?? How about:

Originally Posted by WMB

The reason for the oval shape is to take away the high inside/high outside, and the low inside/low outside pitches. As Irish noted above, those are not hittable pitches.

Okay, I paraphrased, but I think "takes corners away from it because it's hard to hit the ball there" is a pretty good interpretation.

You [Mike] have consistantly refered back to a square, as does the NFHS Manual. So, from whence do we get "pear shape", "stop sign shape", or "oval?"

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Do you think you've stumbled onto something new here? Well, go ahead and do it. Give us the change you would recommend and remember, whatever you come up with, there must be defined standard, focal points to be used by the umpire.

This point is ceeded. The world is imperfect; there are rules/laws and the application of them differs. Why should softball be any different?!