[Alberta's Child]

Anyone who complains about the shift should simply be forced to watch 6-8 straight hours of video showing Don Mattingly and Tony Gwynn at the plate in their primes.

Those two were the finest hitters I've ever seen in my lifetime. Nobody ever played a shift against them because it would have been pointless. Heck -- fielders served a whole different purpose when those guys were at the plate. The fielders were there to keep them to a single when they put the ball in play. :-)

[a little elbow grease]

"Anyone who complains about the shift should simply be forced to watch 6-8 straight hours of video showing Don Mattingly and Tony Gwynn at the plate in their primes. Those two were the finest hitters I've ever seen in my lifetime.."

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Yes, and add Bill Madlock to those two, please.

;-)