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Reply to "home plate strike"

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Originally posted by Outdoorlover:
RULE 2.0

A called strike cannot hit the ground and then go thru the strike zone. Baseball rule section 2.00 Definitions of Terms: A ball is a pitch which does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at by the batter. If the pitch touches the ground and bounces through the strike zone it is a "ball".


The question isn't that the pitch hits in front of the plate but rather...is the plate part of the strike zone? My read of the definitions is yes, it is. I totally agree that physics make it highly unlikely ...but THEORETICALLY a pitch could cross the knees and hit the plate and be a strike. I know of no rule that says " A pitch that hits the plate is a ball"
Last edited by drfanman
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