If MLB bans the shift...
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Im not in favor of banning it outright,its strategy and the defense does leave half the field open to exploit.
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@arvcpa_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
... and MLBTS bans it, how would that affect you? For me, I think it would hurt, as I'm a notoriously late swinger, and hit lots of balls to the opposite field against the shift. Not sure. What do the rest of you big-brained people think?
I only hit dingers, so shift doesn’t matter!
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@tmichae10_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@arvcpa_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
... and MLBTS bans it, how would that affect you? For me, I think it would hurt, as I'm a notoriously late swinger, and hit lots of balls to the opposite field against the shift. Not sure. What do the rest of you big-brained people think?
I only hit dingers, so shift doesn’t matter!
doubtful
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@bob_loblaw1984 said in If MLB bans the shift...:
I’d like to see extreme shifts banned in the MLB. I love a well pitched game, but I don’t like seeing so many hitters opt for the absolute outcome approach. I want to see more players rewarded for putting the ball in play. Strikeouts are boring and besides that they are fascist. Ground balls are more democratic.
Good advice Crash
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@hustlinowl_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@tmichae10_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@arvcpa_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
... and MLBTS bans it, how would that affect you? For me, I think it would hurt, as I'm a notoriously late swinger, and hit lots of balls to the opposite field against the shift. Not sure. What do the rest of you big-brained people think?
I only hit dingers, so shift doesn’t matter!
doubtful
Much like my home runs, apparently the joke went over your head….
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@kovz88_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
While the banning of the shift will definitely help me because of how often I hit into it I still hate it because to me it's the equivalent of football making up a new rule every time Tom Brady got hurt or lost a game.
Waitasecond.
We lost to the eventually SB Champ Rams. Did they change a rule then? I didn't hear about it 🤪 -
@tmichae10_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@arvcpa_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
... and MLBTS bans it, how would that affect you? For me, I think it would hurt, as I'm a notoriously late swinger, and hit lots of balls to the opposite field against the shift. Not sure. What do the rest of you big-brained people think?
I only hit dingers, so shift doesn’t matter!
Teach me!
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@schack-nizzle_xbl said in If MLB bans the shift...:
How would you even implement it? One of the umps has to count how many steps each fielder takes in the wrong direction?
I want to see them draw a circle 3 feet in diameter and you can't leave until the ball leaves the pitcher's hand. The second it does, you can run anywhere you like. I'm loving this rule...
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My comment has nothing to do with your post but I think you'll like it anyway.
I had not used Finest Bryan Reynolds until a few days ago. Nothing against him, just haven't. Then I created a roster of NL high diamonds I haven't used and have him as a bench player.
He is now 12 for 13 with 2 game winning HRs and 10 RBIs. Soooooooo. ..guess I should have been listening to you. And he's getting a promotion haha.
Also. I will enjoy a banned shift in the Show only when using righties because I get a lot of grounders up the middle which go right to the second baseman above the bag. Lefties I'm able to find that hole on the right side and sometimes go the other way.
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Or professional hitters can learn to hit the ball the other way, the way professional hitters did for the first 100 years of the game.
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This is like banning the full court press in basketball. Simply ridiculous.
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@mjfc_363_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
This is like banning the full court press in basketball. Simply ridiculous.
No, it’s like the NFL requiring a certain number of players on each side of the ball and line of scrimmage, oh wait.
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@gradekthebard said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@mjfc_363_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
This is like banning the full court press in basketball. Simply ridiculous.
No, it’s like the NFL requiring a certain number of players on each side of the ball and line of scrimmage, oh wait.
You're comparing apples to oranges there buddy.
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@gradekthebard said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@mjfc_363_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
This is like banning the full court press in basketball. Simply ridiculous.
No, it’s like the NFL requiring a certain number of players on each side of the ball and line of scrimmage, oh wait.
I would say it's more like if the NFL said you have to have 4 lineman, 3 linebackers and 4 defensive backs regardless of what formation the opponent is running. No Nickel or Dime packages allowed
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@misfits_138_1_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
Or professional hitters can learn to hit the ball the other way, the way professional hitters did for the first 100 years of the game.
Exactly! If Ozzie Smith can do it, then certainly todays superb athletes can do it. I use Ozzie as an example cuz he wasn’t even close to the best hitter of his time, but could hit the other way quite well!
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@mjfc_363_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@misfits_138_1_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
Or professional hitters can learn to hit the ball the other way, the way professional hitters did for the first 100 years of the game.
Exactly! If Ozzie Smith can do it, then certainly todays superb athletes can do it. I use Ozzie as an example cuz he wasn’t even close to the best hitter of his time, but could hit the other way quite well!
It's the main reason that the game is so boring today.
Strikeouts and home runs.
There's an entire generation of hitters that only know one thing-- liftoff.
How else can a guy like Gallo have a job?
Ask Yankee fans what they think of that K machine.
Somewhere along the way, hard contact was substituted with launch angle and exit velocity.
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@gixxerryder750 said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@gradekthebard said in If MLB bans the shift...:
@mjfc_363_psn said in If MLB bans the shift...:
This is like banning the full court press in basketball. Simply ridiculous.
No, it’s like the NFL requiring a certain number of players on each side of the ball and line of scrimmage, oh wait.
You're comparing apples to oranges there buddy.
What kind of world are we living in where we can’t compare fruit to fruit?!?!?
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