I’m not a fan what has happened with the shift, but I think it’s stupid to ban it. If they don’t like the shift, batters can take advantage of that positioning. Hit it where they ain’t.
Spray hitters ala Rod Carew and George Brett are hard to come by. They don’t make’em like that to often now days. To bad they put the DH in the National League IMO. Some teams had good hitting pitchers and the approach to the game just ain’t what it used to be.
One would think that having reached the highest level in your sport that most batters could “hit ‘‘em where they ain’t “ given the big gaps in the defenses. But today’s players can’t even lay down a bunt in fair territory.
Precisely.
But in re MLB generally, silly tinkering like this won't stop its pandering cliff dive.
Exactly. Banning the shift is dumb.