Talk:Strike zone

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[edit] Bad definition

"Pentagonal" is an adjective. The subject of the first sentence needs a noun. Perhaps the author meant "pentagonal volume"? --12.10.161.41 (talk) 19:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MLB strike zone

I wonder if the MLB strike zone is acutally getting closer to the rulebook? MLB seems to be using Questec a lot, and I'd imagine the umpires are being pressured to adapt. Any thoughts?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by PSzalapski (talk • contribs) 19:45, 7 September 2004.

I'm going to make an edit here. Please provide a source if you think the enforced strike zone is still really far from the rulebook definition. --PSzalapski 15:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rethinking this page

This page could use some rethinking -- or rather, I think the concept of a baseball strike deserves its own page. If anything, the definition of a strike zone should be a section of the Strike page, and not vice versa. I'd be willing to make this change if there is consensus. --Robert Daeley 23:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Robert Daeley here -- but what do we do with a ball? YB3 04:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I suggest subsuming the whole discussion under a topic called Balls and strikes (baseball). This could also include discussions of strikeouts, bases on balls (walks), and perhaps even foul balls and hit batsmen. I would be willing to write, contribute, collaborate, or review. Dodiad 00:10, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Agree. Right now, both "ball" and "strike" redirect to here. Base on balls contains a link to here, with the link piped through the word "balls." Yet "ball" is only defined indirectly here. Another weakness is this: the article lists nine ways to get a strike, but only two of these have anything to do with the strike zone. The other kinds of strike are defined by foul lines, by batter's action, etc. One might say that strike is the superior (i.e., more notable) concept, with strike zone being subsidiary to it. So an article on Balls and strikes (baseball) seems an excellent solution. I'd keep Strike zone around. (So the proposal is for a split, not a move.) Strike zone can have the history, the interpretation, the difference between leagues, euphomisms of TV announcers, etc. about the zone. Hult041956 23:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

This topic is written based on US Major League baseball. While MLB may set the standard, I believe definitions of strike zones and all sorts of other baseball terms are based on the league... What about little league, etc.? If the article doesn't want to address other leagues at least clarify that all the "facts" here pertain to MLB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.155.194 (talk) 19:40, August 29, 2007 (UTC)