re: Bot 6th ESPN strike zone graphics

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I just went through every single pitch on that ESPN app and there is exactly three pitches the entire game that the ball is not touching any part of the grid.

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I don’t know why the ball would have to be “not touching any part of the grid” to be called a ball. The size of the dot is irrelevant.

If the center of the dot is outside the outer grid, it’s a ball (per the graphic anyhow). If the center of the dot is inside the outer grid, it’s a strike.

Again though - for like the 3rd time - it’s safe to assume that anything extremely close to the outer line is going to be a judgment call, or at minimum that the accuracy of ESPN’s pitch placement comes into question.