Bottom Half Strike Edit Meaning

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In baseball, a pitch that would normally be called a ball, but because the home team is up to bat with a very large lead, the umpire has widened the strike zone so much so that said pitch is called a strike. The pitch is therefore only called a strike in the bottom half of the inning. See top half ball.

"That pitch was over my head, but we're up by 15 and the ump's calling bottom half strikes."

See top half ball, strike, ball, baseball, foul ball