Strike Zone

[jbo911]

You are truly one of a kind aren't you? The way I have described it is the set standard for reading prints, no matter what kind of bullsh*t title you want to leave underneath it. And yes they could make it clearer, like the image posted above that ill post again for you...

See the difference in colors, that shows they are SEPARATE. They gave you home plate as a reference point of where the mat is to be positioned, not included. And to just be clear again in case you haven't picked up on it yet from all the other posts, none of your arguments have shown where the two are specifically called out as 1 item. They have all been separated. You just want to believe what you want.

This is what happens when people pull things out of a rule book out of context. The rule book will define something in the beginning and say something like heretofore referred to as strike zone mat, and then the people that don't know that the plate is a strike in senior ball will argue like this. They define it early instead of defining it every time there is a drawing. Not saying they're right, just saying that's how every rule book is. You have to be careful if you skip around it just pull parts out.

 

[NCASAUmp]

Are we still harping on this?

At work, whenever a subject has been sufficiently beaten to death, we declare ELMO.

Enough, Let's Move On.

 

[JabNblue]

Had numerous different opinions on how balls and strikes are called. USSSA rules.

Is the strike called in relation to your body position or where in relation to where the ball hits the plate?

I played in a league in which the ball/strike was called based on the angle in which the ball crossed your shoulder. If you were up in the box and hit the plate it was still considered a strike.

In a another game they said it did not matter where the ball crosses relatively to your body. As long as it was less than 10 feet and would be called a strike usually depending on where the ball landed behind the plate.

Thoughts?

It's where a pitch crosses the plate (unless illegal pitch) is in a batters natural stance.