Zones
So what you're saying is, I mean, [home umpire] Phil Cuzzi may have a strike zone the approximate size of Rhode Island tonight, but it looks like he's going both ways with it.
—Dave O'Brien in a discussion on WB-11, New York, Mets at Yankees, June 24, 2005.
...a teammate once described the strike zone formed when 6-foot-10-inch baseball player Randy Johnson stepped to the plate as about the size of Rhode Island.
—Slate, "How Big Is Rhode Island?," by Andy Bowers, November 5, 2003.