There’s No Good Reason to Squeeze the Strike Zone

[Ken Krause]

Before I start I want to say that this is not your typical rant about how umpires are terrible and shouldn’t be allowed to walk free with the rest of us. To the contrary, I have tremendous respect for umpires because I know it’s a tough and often thankless job, and that nearly all umpires […]

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[earlg3]

I wonder if you went to a random softball tournament venue and polled spectators, what percentage would be able to accurate say the strike zone is to the arm pits? How about coaches? Umpires? Players?