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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a strike zone" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of baseball to refer to the area over home plate where a pitch must pass to be considered a strike.
Example: "The pitcher was frustrated because the umpire's definition of a strike zone seemed to change throughout the game."
Alternatives: "the strike area" or "the pitching zone".
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The failure: Too big a strike zone?
"He has a strike zone that he monitors.
Such loose rules risk redefining "militants" as any military-age males seen in a strike zone.
Too many pitches, Alderson instructed, meant too small a strike zone.
It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants . . .
Paul Schrieber, an umpire affiliated with the National League, called a strike zone from the textbook, without fringe benefits.
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Further, a strike-zone channel set up by DirecTV will permit "live cut-ins of MLB games in progress at key points".
In Astoria children play strike box, using a rubber baseball and a square strike zone painted on a school or handball wall.
Collins said touted young players were introduced to the league with a plunking by a veteran pitcher and a tight strike zone from the umpires.
On the right is a zone of highest probability, drawn out in much in the same style as a hurricane strike zone on a weather map.
On the right is a zone of highest probability, drawn out in much in the same style as a hurricane strike zone on a weather map.
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