Sentence examples for borderline strikes from inspiring English sources

Greg Maddux has benefited from countless borderline strikes.

When the Yankees pester pitchers, they foul off decent pitches, avoid borderline strikes and extend counts.

First, he notes, framing outcomes are highly consistent over time: catchers who rack up unusually high or low numbers of borderline strikes in a given season tend to continue that trend the following year, even if they change teams.

He watched the ball float into Piazza's glove for a borderline strike three.

Pena looked at video and saw that once he swung, the pitch became a borderline strike.

One of the strikeouts, to Alex Cora, came on a questionable checked swing and followed a borderline strike two call.

A borderline strike three might be ball four with just a tiny change in the pitcher's grip.

8.38pm BST Cardinals 0 - Pirates 0, bottom of the 2nd Marlon Byrd, a charter member of the "We Don't Really Care About This Particular PED Abuser" strikes out on a borderline strike call.

He also became known for picture-perfect pitch framing, a technique designed to entice as many borderline strike calls as possible from umpires, something Martin has mastered over previous seasons.

Finally, he threw the 3-2 pitchishis pitch, the changeup in on the hands, freezing Bonds, for a borderline called strike.

The home plate umpire Babe Pinelli called a borderline third strike on Dale Mitchell for the last out of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.