Make the damn Strike Zone smaller: ball must be COMPLETELY inside the imaginary box.

Ted Williams put his batting averages inside each ball in his representation of the Strike Zone. The lowest BA is .230 in the low outside corner.

I seem to be the only one who didn't know before the challenge system was introduced in 2026 that the ball could merely touch the outside edge of the imaginary rectangle that represents the really imaginary three dimensional Strike Zone ... to be a strike.

I knew that applied to the horizontal edge (mistakenly called corner) but never considered how that concept applied to the top and bottom. Maybe because who knew where the heck they actually were.

The worst are the four actual corners, which defines strikes that are the essence of ridiculous.

I must be the only one who didn't know because I don't hear anyone else outraged about it. No one else even mentions it.

The Strike Zone (SZ) is not only imaginary, it is moronic. It is supposed to be personal for each batter, who are different in size. But for some moronic reason, that concept only applies to the vertical, not the horizontal, which for some reason conforms to the width of home plate.

But can pitchers throw the ball into such a small area? Of course. Simply grip the ball normally and aim it at the middle of the SZ.

Wouldn't that be like batting practice? I hope so.

Slow pitch softball is the essence of the game: hitting, fielding, base running.