strike zone
noun
: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike
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His strike zone numbers are fiery red, and his power metrics are deep blue.
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Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
The tool is currently being tested for use in MLB strike zone reviews.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
In a November 2024 article published in the Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, Daniel Martin, an associate professor of economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, spoke about the MLB and Hawk-Eye, a strike zone monitoring AI.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Players’ bodies are measured in the spring so each hitter has a personalized strike zone depending on his height.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
The tool is currently being tested for use in MLB strike zone reviews.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
In a November 2024 article published in the Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, Daniel Martin, an associate professor of economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, spoke about the MLB and Hawk-Eye, a strike zone monitoring AI.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Players’ bodies are measured in the spring so each hitter has a personalized strike zone depending on his height.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20zone. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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