[Papa John]

I can forgive, maybe even justify an expanded Little League strike zone for the reasons given.  NCAA baseball is a whole other ballgame.  At that and any other level above Little League, pitches that travel over the right hand batter's box chalk lines should never, ever be called strikes.

Absolutely, OF, and, just to avoid confusion, here is the strike zone as defined by the NCAA rulebook:

The area over home plate from the bottom of the kneecaps to the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants. The strike zone shall be determined from the batter’s stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball

The top part of the vertical strike zone seems subjective to me, but the horizontal limits are clear and, in college ball, no pitch that passes the plate over the batter's box chalk lines should be called a strike--ever.

[Papa John]

I can forgive, maybe even justify an expanded Little League strike zone for the reasons given.  NCAA baseball is a whole other ballgame.  At that and any other level above Little League, pitches that travel over the right hand batter's box chalk lines should never, ever be called strikes.

Absolutely, OF, and, just to avoid confusion, here is the strike zone as defined by the NCAA rulebook:

The area over home plate from the bottom of the kneecaps to the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants. The strike zone shall be determined from the batter’s stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball

The top part of the vertical strike zone seems subjective to me, but the horizontal limits are clear and, in college ball, no pitch that passes the plate over the batter's box chalk lines should be called a strike--ever.