The Braves traded Terry May to the Pirates for saying:
 TM> I'm still trying to figure out how you adjust to a pitch more than a
 TM> foot off the plate.  I guess you adjust by getting longer bats.
That's the maddening thing about it; you watch a three-game series and get 
three different strike zones. People wonder how a pitcher can throw 2 great 
games and then get blown away. I realize that not every outing is going to be 
solid, however, I've seen pitchers get screwed by the ump's strike zone and 
suddenly, the hitters are teeing off on the softballs he has to serve up to 
get a strike (or he's walking them by the dozen when he refuses to give into 
the ump's strike zone).
If they call the strike zone as written, there's plenty there for the 
pitcher. I can't believe how much the zone shrinks for some umps so that 
pitches above the belly button are called balls (What was maddening last 
night was seeing a pitch 3 inches off the plate get called for a strike and 
then another one that was right down the pipe but just above the belt get 
called a ball).
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