Pitching Strategy: What To Do When Umpires Give You A High Strike

I want to build on yesterday's post about the strike zone by adding one more thing:

The great thing about umpires that give you a high strike is that it forces batters to swing upstairs -- and once a pitcher is given that, the pitcher can start working a bit higher ... and a bit higher. Then you can really throw the bottom out of an off-speed pitch to put the hitter away.

This is when the strike zone becomes full and rich with options on where to target the ball.