Final 2008 NCAA Rule Changes

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

While on paper a "line" more like what is being called, I don't believe it provides any clearer than the umpires bringing the top of the zone down by about a ball.

And to Steve's point, not all players are built alike so your reference point is just as spotty.

I wouldn't bet that the "zone" as called is going to change that much with this definition.

The point is, though, for years colleges and high schools have been asking us, at least regionally, to make the top end of the strike zone where the top of the ball is at the bottom of the breast. I was just making the statement that the more PC way of saying this would be to use the sternum in describing it. The zone depicted in the OP is the zone I have been calling for years because of the emphasis placed on it by the HS and collegiate umpiring associations I work for.