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Biden Wrong on Strike Zone

By Montag | Related entries in Dumb Things Said By Smart People, General Politics, Kitchen Sink, Sports, Supreme Court

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MLB strike zone

Senator Joe Biden of Delaware said this during Judge Roberts confirmation hearings yesterday:

[BIDEN] As you know, in major league baseball, they have a rule. Rule two defines the strike zone. It basically says from the shoulders to the knees. And the only question about judges (ph) is: Do they have good eyesight or not? They don’t get to change the strike zone. They don’t get to say, That was down around the ankles and I think it was a strike. They don’t get to do that.

From the Major League Baseball official rules:

The STRIKE ZONE is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the knee cap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter’s stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball. (For diagram of STRIKE ZONE see page 23.)

A pitch at the shoulders is not a strike!

Associated Press: Transcript: Judge John G. Roberts Jr. hearing, Day Two

Major League Baseball: Official Rules: 2.00 Definition of Terms


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2 Responses to “Biden Wrong on Strike Zone”

  1. Phillip J. Birmingham Says:
    September 14th, 2005 at 10:58 am

    A pitch at the shoulders is not a strike!

    Here’s hoping the Senator apologizes for his words soon.

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    January 15th, 2006 at 3:48 pm

    [...] In what may very well be the most erroneous sports analogy since Joe Biden’s redefining of the Major League strike zone during the Roberts Supreme Court hearings, Senator Grassley today commiserated with Judge Alito about some of the lines of questioning he faced today. He told Alito: It’s kind of like we’re in the fourth quarter of a football game and you’re the quarterback and your team is way ahead here in the fourth quarter and opponents are very desperate, trying to sack you and aren’t doing a very good job of it. And they haven’t hit you all day, now for two days. And you’re going to keep getting these last-minute Hail Marys thrown at you. So just bear with us. [Washington Post Transcript] [...]

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