Final 2008 NCAA Rule Changes

Originally Posted by Dakota

I'd guess not... the rule change document says "bottom of the sternum"

Ohwa Tana siam.

[Mountaineer]

OK, maybe I'm in the minority here . . . but does anyone that calls NCAA really call the armpits? The bottom of the sternum is pretty much what has been accepted around here as the top of the strike zone. I know at colleges around here, if you called one any higher they'd want to cut off your "ball bag". They'd much rather you call one below the top of the knee than above the "bottom of the sternum".

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

OK, maybe I'm in the minority here . . . but does anyone that calls NCAA really call the armpits? The bottom of the sternum is pretty much what has been accepted around here as the top of the strike zone. I know at colleges around here, if you called one any higher they'd want to cut off your "ball bag". They'd much rather you call one below the top of the knee than above the "bottom of the sternum".

I know of no one who calls a pitch that high in either NCAA or NFHS levels. As I stated in my previous post, the accepted zone in this region is identical to the 2008 "rule change" that the NCAA has made, and this is due, in part, to the requests of area HS and college coaches.