I've heard strike zone are six inches all around or from your shoulders down to your knee caps. Which is right as I have no virtual grasp of the strike zone.
thanks in advance.
2007-08-05 12:51:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
It's from the letters on your jersey (chest) to the knees. Most umps will call it a couple inches below the knees and curve balls that are dropping right above your chest. I was always told its chest to knees, but every umpire has their own strike zone, definitely with 2 strikes, many umpires give calls to the pitcher.
2007-08-05 15:47:27 · answer #1 · answered by BK 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pitching is dominant this year. It might not be because of the strike zone per say, because steriods and other enhancing drugs have been cracked down on. This year, the Runs per Game stat for all of MLB is at a low point, never seeing this kind of low scoring since 199? something. But about the zone, yes, it appears to have gotten bigger. Calls that used to be balls are now strikes, and some hitters are getting pretty frustrated with some of the calls. As for the BQ, I'm a Boston fan, and our pitching isn't doing so hot this year. Right now the hitters are what gives us wins, not the pitchers... Boston hitters>>>Boston pitchers.
2016-05-19 14:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Strike Zone is expanded on the lower end, moving from the top of the knees to the bottom of the knees. Shoulder high and the width of the plate.
Technically you never see that pitch called for a strike. They usually call them from above the knees to the belt waistline, and the black edges on the width of the plate. It also depends on the umpire.
2007-08-05 12:56:32 · answer #3 · answered by William Z 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To be honest, it doesn't matter what "you" think the strike zone is. If you want a good idea, just ask your home plate umpire before your game starts. He'll tell you where "his" strike zone is. "his" strike zone is the only one that matters buddy.
2007-08-05 20:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by wedge47 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In bobby sox softball, we were taught that the strike zone was the width of home plate + the area from the middle of the chest to the knees.
Of course, it varies from umpire to umpire.
2007-08-05 13:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u are correct.
it is the shoulders to the knees. but if ur team is losing by a substantial amount of points and the ohter team is up for bat, the strike zone widens. and if u are up to bat the strike zone shrinks.
2007-08-05 13:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by anysportzchik 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its from you shoulders to your knees, but in a game it depends on the umpire, sometimes the make unfair calls, like all the time.
2007-08-05 12:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
shoulders to knees but it also depends on the umpire
2007-08-05 14:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When the person is in batting stance, from their shoulder to their knees.
2007-08-05 12:55:46 · answer #9 · answered by Randy C 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
However big the umpire wants it to be.
2007-08-05 13:22:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋