Someone (Maybe you)posted that at FR eons ago and i made a copy of it. Thanks for posting it again.
--- Not that this has anything to do with what and why you posted, but...
The diameter of a major league baseball is 2.86 inches
Greg Maddux insisted that he owned(and he did) the outside and the inside of the plate.
If any piece of the ball nicks a corner it is a strike.
That pretty much expanded the plate almost 3 inches on either side for Mr. Maddux and the umps gave it to him.
--- After a long while, I finally found what was in front of me all this time, from reading this booklet.
The Reason Why"Yep. The upcoming automated strike zone, already tested, will count a hair’s breadth over the plate as a strike. Yankkees and Dodgers will still get advantage on the up and down, cuz, you know...