He struck out 10 in six and two-thirds innings against Boston a week ago, pitching into Umpire Bill Miller's wide strike zone.
The White Sox' Gavin Floyd was stingy, taking advantage of the plate umpire Ted Barrett's wide strike zone.
It was hard to tell if Reed was exploiting a wide strike zone by Umpire Doug Eddings or persuading Eddings to call strikes by consistently hitting his spots.
Rusch took advantage of Umpire Charlie Williams's wide strike zone to strike out Barry Bonds and Rich Aurilia with 1-2 fastballs on the inside corner in the third.
Several reports noted that multiple tornadoes measuring 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide struck the state and tracked through populated areas, flattening whole towns.
The Yankees lead the majors in strikeouts, and they fanned 14 times tonight, struggling with the pitching and what they perceived to be a wide strike zone.
They proposed that an asteroid some six miles wide struck Earth at the same geologic instant that the dinosaurs and many other organisms went extinct.
The I.D.F. and the Israeli Air Force considered three possible strategies: a wide strike by the Israeli Air Force, nicknamed Fat Shkedi, after Israel's Air Force chief, General Eliezer Shkedi; a narrower strike, nicknamed Skinny Shkedi; and a ground attack by special forces.
Torre suggested that the plate umpire, Paul Emmel, had a wide strike zone, which umpires are not supposed to have, but Yankees catcher Jorge Posada observed that Emmel was calling the same strike zone for both teams.
As Jesus stretches his arms out wide, striking the famous pose that has come to symbolize human suffering and the extremity of his sacrifice, a glowing cross made of golden light bulbs descends from above to light him from behind.
