Having the strike zone there for almost every pitch during the playoffs brought up some interesting points.
1. The camera angle made everything look more outside to a righty than it actually was.
2. The pitchers threw a very high percentage of fastballs up in the zone and very few fastballs in the lower third of the zone.
3. A lot of the pitches that were swung at and a few that were called strikes were outside the strike box, even with less than 2 strikes.
4. At least one umpire wasn't calling the low strike at all.
5. MLB pitchers don't have anywhere near the command that many parents of youth pitchers think their kids have.
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