The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA, Chairman Lee Jong-hoon) applies the reset strike zone to the 77th Golden Lion National High School Baseball Tournament and Weekend League Wangjung Wang, which will be held from the 14th, and robot referees from the 1st round of Mokdong Sports Complex Baseball Field announced on the 12th that it would operate.
The association 안전놀이터 vintroduced and operated robot referees from the round of 16 of the 2023 Shinsegae E-Mart Cup National High School Baseball Championship held in March, but reflected the voices of the field about the low ball and left and right strike zones raised during the implementation process, and in high school baseball weekend league games. The strike zone was reset after a process of supplementation and verification.
The association said, “KBSA referees attended and applied various strike zone setting plans to high school baseball weekend league games. “I tried to reduce the gap in the strike judgment for low balls.”
The association said, “We will continue to operate robot referees to provide fair opportunities and accurate judgments to players. We will reflect that,” he said.
Due to the current structure in which both the front and back sides of the home plate are judged to be a strike when they pass through the zone, the rear judgment surface is moved to the catcher’s side to compensate for the judgment of falling breaking balls, and the left and right strike zones are reduced by half (64.87 → 57.64 cm on the front). Back side 72.1 → 64.86cm) The left and right widths were reduced, and the rear judging surface was wider than the front judging surface by about one ball, reflecting direct-type pitches that fill the body and outside to the zone.
