Sentence examples similar to the pitching zone from inspiring English sources

Players will be asked to identify their favorite hitting zone and then told not to swing unless the pitch is in that zone.

"Since then, I really focused on working the ball down in the zone, pitching up when you need to on purpose, and using all your pitches for strikes".

He hit a 458-foot grand slam on an up-in-the-zone pitch from Drew Smyly — the kind of pitch he struggled with early in his career — to key Saturday's 5-1 win.

That forces Wang to throw the pitch higher in the zone, where it can be hit.

This year, his knuckleball is even better, the speeds changing, the pitch finding the strike zone more and more.

The cameras take 25 snapshots of each pitch, capturing the speed and spin rate from different angles, and recording where in the strike zone the pitch lands.

This will allow you to make contact with the pitch later in the zone and drive it to the opposite field.

The Red Sox wouldn't chase pitches out of the zone the way the Atlanta Braves or the Milwaukee Brewers did in his two best starts this month.

Several changes in the game were believed to account for the resurgence of pitching; the strike zone was expanded in 1963; managers explored more strategic uses of the relief pitchers; and new glove technology improved defensive play.

He was pounding the strike zone, pitching aggressively and effectively.

None of the pitches came near the strike zone; there was no attempt by Trachsel to disguise what was going on.