April 5, 201412 yr Has the size of the strike zone gotten bigger this year? It sure seems like it. In addition to the four Sox games to date, I have watched parts of many others, and I think the strike zone grew over the winter.
April 5, 201412 yr QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 5, 2014 -> 12:20 AM) Has the size of the strike zone gotten bigger this year? It sure seems like it. In addition to the four Sox games to date, I have watched parts of many others, and I think the strike zone grew over the winter. I sure hope so. I haven't watched enough baseball yet, but I was shocked in one of the games I've watched that a letter high fastball was actually called a strike. I loved that.
April 5, 201412 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 4, 2014 -> 10:28 PM) Krush in 3...2...1... Haha. I'll be honest, I haven't seen anything outside the Sox games this year, and one I was at the game where I'm not going to call pitches from the stands. Couldn't tell you one way or another right now. I guess if I think about it most pitches right on the edge of the pitch trax they've had as strikes, which is a good thing. Sometimes those hit the outside of the box on the pitch trax, but it's called a ball. Early in the season, you're generally trying to get guys swinging and keep the game moving, within reason. Hitters seem to still be ahead of pitchers anyway. Call strikes, and call them often (obviously within reason).
April 7, 201412 yr Has the size of the strike zone gotten bigger this year? It sure seems like it. In addition to the four Sox games to date, I have watched parts of many others, and I think the strike zone grew over the winter. If this is true, this is to the Sox' advantage. They swing at everything anyway, so more called strikes helps their pitchers more than the opponents'.
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