the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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After several years as an umpire in the High-A California League and school instructor, he’s perfected when to push back against the strike zone.
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Further complicating things were that the fastball-slider combo essentially stayed on the same plane, mostly up in the strike zone.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
Years ago, Major League Baseball had a crisis in which umpires notoriously had their own versions of the strike zone for batters.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Further complicating things were that the fastball-slider combo essentially stayed on the same plane, mostly up in the strike zone.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
Years ago, Major League Baseball had a crisis in which umpires notoriously had their own versions of the strike zone for batters.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the strike zone
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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