What is Top Half Ball?
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In baseball, a pitch that would normally be called a strike, but because the home team is pitching with a very large lead, the umpire has shrunk the strike zone so much so that said pitch is called a ball. Therefore, the pitch is only called a ball in the top half of the inning. See
"That pitch was right on the outside corner, but we're up by 15 and the ump's calling top half balls."
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