"I was just living in the wrong part of the strike zone, " Gee said.
While we're at it, why can't Commissioner Bud Selig lay down the law on where the strike zone is?
Umpires should be forced to observe a uniform strike zone, the one described in Major League Baseball's own rulebook.
"I'm concentrating on attacking the strike zone, and I did it, " Nova said.
Throughout his career he refused to swing at pitches right there in the strike zone which illustrates a further point Munger makes.
He struggled to locate the strike zone, walking three batters and missing the strike zone with almost half of his 46 pitches.
"I was trying my best to attack the strike zone, " Gonzalez said.
Even Wright seemed surprised that Kimbrel, who had converted 98 of 110 career save opportunities, left a fastball up in the strike zone.
Also, Peterson was quick to point out that there was a 5% increase in swings and misses in the strike zone for Axford.
He got three called strikeouts from plate umpire Lance Barksdale, who appeared to have a generous strike zone, and was backed by two double plays.
Warren saw the potential in the hard-throwing Harvey, and tried to help him harness it advising the inconsistent freshman on the need to pound the strike zone consistently.
"I was just going out there, trying to pound the strike zone and try to get them back in the dugout as fast as possible, " Gonzalez said.
Costas likens it to the split finger fastball phenomenon of the 1980s, a pitch that came straight to the strike zone before quickly dropping down at the last second.
In other words, it was well within the strike zone the Republicans institutionalized in 1988 when they turned the GOP's amiable hitman Lee Atwater loose with his "Willie Horton" ad against Michael Dukakis.
In those years, in fact, his main pitch was a hard, high fastball that seemed to burst out of his hand and run up toward the top of the strike zone, the precise opposite of a cutter.
While the fan will focus on the end result of the pitch or swing, the scout will intently study all aspects of the process such as leakage, linear or rotational hitting and hand path through the strike zone.
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For example, they may provide information that allows a commander to order an airstrike, but after the weapon is launched, the analysts might suddenly see that the insurgents are fleeing or that civilians or children are moving into the strike zone, and by then they are helpless to do anything about it.
The United States has claimed the right to strike facilities outside the no-fly zone.
Instead, the biggest sharks identify a location from which to strike, and then search the surrounding killing zone for their next victim.
The Lebanese press is busy dusting off old charges that Israel is diverting Lebanese water for its own use, while other reports claim that Israel uses the zone as an artillery and air-strike training range.
How useful would a buffer zone be if Hezbollah has proven that it can strike Israel from a longer range?
Meanwhile on Tuesday, a giant Christmas tree was lit on the southern side of the demilitarized zone, despite concerns in Seoul that North Korea could strike the position.
The town was one of the first targets of the 2009 strike and now is at the heart of the military's rehabilitation zone.
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