Several factors affect the outcome of Major League Baseball games. The wealth of knowledge and statistics truly pulls back the curtain on what makes teams good, bad or possibly unlucky. The Philadelphia Phillies have received a lot of that bad luck when it comes to umpire calls, especially when it comes to the strike zone.
A lot of Phillies fans watch the games, and like the players, they take note of how the home plate umpire's strike zone looks on any given day. Although there's a widely standardized zone, umpires have their own unique zone with which they operate day-to-day.