How to Use strike zone in a Sentence

strike zone

noun
  • Big league catchers now have to learn every strike zone.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Used to be, catchers would prepare for an umpire’s strike zone.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Balls that fly past opponents on hard courts and grass courts head right into their strike zones on clay.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Or the longtime human umpires whose strike zones are about to get robot-ized?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Many in the sport expected the redefined strike zone to increase the walk rate.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Her strike zone shrank and pitchers treated the heart of it like live ammunition.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Umpires, more wary of having their calls overturned, and more aware of the new strike zone, have called fewer strikes.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Now, for the first time, baseball is attempting to standardize its strike zone.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Does the club ever look to take action beyond coaching for the poor strike zone plate discipline?
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This means that while Judge’s strike zone has shrunk with ABS, Altuve’s has grown.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Fawley walked back to the dugout after a stellar equence of strike zone recognition by the Tigers’ catcher.
    — Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • Developing a consensus on what a computer strike zone should be has been an issue.
    — Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Teams may also give some players with better strike zone command the green light to challenge while prohibiting others.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Well, the new strike zone and the obvious embarrassment of having a call overturned has changed how umpires call balls and strikes.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Technically, the new strike zone is a two-dimensional plane rising from home plate’s midpoint.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Luzardo let a horrendous strike zone by a call-up umpire named Willie Traynor affect his emotions.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Nimmo fouled off two consecutive fastballs before watching a sweeper land at the bottom of his strike zone.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • During spring training, challenges will be available, though the persistent strike zone won’t always be shown on broadcasts.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Tapping into more power or tightening his strike zone are the keys to becoming part of the lineup’s everyday core.
    — Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • On the flip side the ABS strike zone negates the batting crouch that players have long used to effectively shrink their strike zones.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Around the league, reviews on the impending change are mixed, based on reasons ranging from strike zone measurements, to game strategy, to rollout.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • None of Imai’s misses with his four-seam fastball were competitive enough to entice the Angels to expand their strike zone.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But anyone who has ever watched baseball knows every umpire has their own unique strike zone, and sometimes that zone grows and shrinks depending on the situation.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • While the strike zone actually called by big league umpires tends to be oval in shape, the ABS strike zone is a rectangle, as in the rule book.
    — Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • How to appeal strike zone decisions in ABS To request a review, a player taps his hat or helmet.
    — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If the answer is speed, consistency, or output volume—you’re likely in GenAI’s strike zone.
    — London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That is different from the rule-book strike zone of a cube whose top is the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants and whose bottom is at the hollow beneath the kneecap.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The lack of strike zone command is what made a guy who averaged 25 saves a season from 2022-24 available in the first place.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That’s true regardless of a hitter’s stance (meaning Judge could crouch like Rickey Henderson, and his strike zone wouldn’t shrink).
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The biggest adjustment Tuesday was getting acclimated to the umpire’s strike zone.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

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