Re: _"Strike Zone"_, Ed Grinnell wrote to Dave Hassler on 17 Oct 97:
 EG> Dave was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
 EG> 
 DH>> Are you saying that if the strike zone was called as written that
 DH>> there'd be fewer shutouts?  Or would there be more?
 EG> 
 EG> ERAs would be down until batters adjust.
Not necessarily.  Pitchers would have to come in more, and while they'd be 
able to pitch higher in the strike zone, that wouldn't necessarily help 
non-power pitchers.  Those high breaking balls and slow fastballs look 
awfully good to a lot of hitters. 
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