Article: Changes for MLB Strike Zone


AP Online
03-14-2001
Changes for MLB Strike Zone

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- There was a time when Sandy Alderson was general manager of the Oakland Athletics that he didn't mind a little inconsistency of the strike zone.

``When you're with a club, your biases are a little more obvious,'' he said. ``So when Dennis Eckersley is getting pitches two inches off the plate, I'm not arguing. When one of our rookie pitchers in the early '90s wasn't getting any help, now I'm unhappy.''

Alderson's goal this year to make sure that Cy Young Award winners and rookies are treated equally by umpires. Alderson, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, is touring spring ...

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