But privately, he and others at Major League Baseball soon had concerns. "The first thing we realized in the Atlantic League was that the rule-book strike zone is not a good strike zone to use ...

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According to rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball rule book, a strike zone is defined as "that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top ...

But privately, he and others at Major League Baseball soon had concerns. “The first thing we realized in the Atlantic League was that the rule-book strike zone is not a good strike zone to use ...