Strike Zone

In baseball, the strike zone is a conceptual right pentagonal prism over home plate which defines the boundaries through which a pitch must pass in order to count as a strike when the batter does not swing.

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Famous quotes containing the words strike and/or zone:

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    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

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