"It's Longer Up and Down"--New York Mets manager Casey Stengel uses Gil Hodges as a model during a lecture on the new strike zone at the Mets' St. Petersburg, Fla., camp, "Far as the plate is concerned," he explained in simple Stengelese, "it's not any longer. It's just vertically." His confused listeners decided to let the umpires do the worrying. Others in group are, from left: pitcher Roger Craig, shortstop Bruce Fitzpatrick and Bob Catton.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1963]

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