Batters vs. The Shift

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So interesting, if you use the "Add Link" it gives you the ability to edit the YouTube video title, as well as even to add other text.

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Let's try a music video now:

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OK, I see that test message also didn't add the video title -- but, if you click on the "Link" button on the top of a new post (in the blue...

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Filled, thanks

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Designer Paco Rabanne died at age 86. RIP.

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Bobby Beathard, a Hall of Fame GM for the Redskins and Chargers, died at age 86. RIP.

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What Verducci was specifically looking at was the effect of the shift on hard-hit groundballs. He also concludes that, in order to beat the shifts, batters...

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The 2012 season was the last one with less than 4% total defensive shifts and the leaguewide batting average was .255.

There have been many...

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Check out this Sports Illustrated article from Tom Verducci:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/11/21/banning-infield-shifts-impact

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Tom Brady announced today that he is "retired for good."

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It’s definitely a regional sport. Northeast and some other pockets, namely DC area and some areas of the PacWest. My alma mater is a huge lax school....

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Barrett Strong, a singer who had a hit with "Money (That's What I Want) who then became one of Motown's chief songwriters, writing most of their classic...

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Annie Wersching, an actress who starred on 24, Bosch & Marvel’s Runaways, died of cancer at just age 45. RIP....

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I would guess the biggest beneficiaries would be Seager, Olson & Ramirez. And although I wouldn’t take him, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Santana with...

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Looking at that chart, Santana lost a good 20+ possibilities of a hit. If he gained 20 hits on the right side but lost 7 hits on the left side, then his...

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With the defensive shift now a thing of the past, these are the players who may benefit the most from the ban. There were 33 players who faced a shift...

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I tend to agree. I like Mayor Pete, but could he really win? Not sure. Maybe? I'd like to see Whitmer, Phil Murphy, Newsom, JB Pritzker, Warnock, Roy...