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re: New MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred "Open" to Eliminating Defensive Shifts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 12:53 pm to BayouBengals03
Posted on 1/26/15 at 12:53 pm to BayouBengals03
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I don't think any baseball fan on the planet would stop watching baseball because they banned defensive shifts. And it would inject offense into the game. If you think about EVERYTHING from a commissioner or executive point of view, it makes more sense to me.
Football and basketball are adjusting their rules and innovating. Baseball isn't. Football and basketball are the two most popular sports in America and are only growing in popularity. I see a correlation.
No...no one would stop watching. But there are better ways to improve it. I also think the game will adjust itself and thus cause pause to any manager who thinks of shifting. I can't speak for a league wide adjustment, but for my team our slugger started laying (and threatening to do so) bunts down the 3rd base line. The shifts on him changed after he showed he could do it. I see no reason why that won't become more common.
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Posted on 1/26/15 at 1:06 pm to piggidyphish
To be clear, I think teams should still be able to put as many infielders on one side of 2nd base as they want. This would still make it rewarding for a player hitting against the shift to go the other way.
There are a lot of ways to change baseball. Maybe this is one of them, maybe it isn't. But I certainly don't see any problem with them at least considering it.
There are a lot of ways to change baseball. Maybe this is one of them, maybe it isn't. But I certainly don't see any problem with them at least considering it.
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