How wide should your strike zone be?

[FleasOf1000Camels]

Short answer; as WIDE as you can get away with.

[umpire_scott]

11 hours ago, Matt said:

You're bringing up something that's irrelevant. A pitch becomes unhittable much closer to the inside of the plate vice the outside of the plate. And if you're giving a liberal amount outside, then it becomes even more egregious to give much on the inside, for if you do, then to be able to hit that inside pitch, it becomes physically impossible to hit the outside one.

I'm not sure what part of what I said is irrelevant?  I just don't think it's my job to determine the ability to be hit that a pitch has.  So much of that is determined by the batters stance in relation to the plate.  If a batter stood in the middle of the box then every pitch 1-2 balls inside would be hittable.  If the batter stood closer to the plate to reach outside pitches then those pitches 1-2 balls inside become much less hittable.  So by giving less inside and more outside I'm encouraging batters to crowd the plate.  And then punishing the pitcher by not giving him that inside area.

For this reason I agree with noumpere and I try to give the same on each side.  While I say this I probably do tend to give a little more on the outer edge, but not as much as I see other umpires do.