"The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter’s shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area."
Now watch Joe West’s call in the ninth inning of the Yankees’ eventual one-run loss to the Jays:
It doesn't get worse than this.