...after which he will return to find he has earned an incredibly large strike zone.
Which reminds me of a story about Juan Samuel shortly after he came up with the Phillies. He argued a called third strike with the Umpire, calling the Umpire something that the Ump took exception to. Rather than eject him, he waited until Samuel came up for his next at bat. The ump leaned in and casually told Samuel that he better be swinging, "Because everything is a strike." Needless to say, that's all the catcher had to hear. Samuel struck out hacking at the 3rd pitch which was about a foot over his head.