re: New MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred "Open" to Eliminating Defensive Shifts

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Up until, what, 10 years ago, none of these extreme shifts were happening.

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for like 60 years football existed without zone D

until about 5 years ago, you didn't see teams lining up in the shotgun with 4-5 wide almost every play all game

10 years ago the NFL started shifting from a 3-4 to a 4-3, and now they're switching back

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Sports change rules all the time as a result of what happens on the field/court. I really don't think this would be a big deal at all.

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the issue is that baseball is finally beginning to incorporate strategy and schemes into the game and that should be encouraged

i have no icea how you, or others, can see innovation as boring