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We asked you: Which of baseball’s new rules concerns you the most and why? Among your responses:
I’m old, and a bit of a purist, but I can live with things like bigger bases and the pitch clock. Heck, I’m good with automating ball-and-strike calls. Banning the shift is another matter. The positioning of defensive players has evolved since the game’s beginning and adjusting those positions based on the situation, the batter and even the pitcher is part of the game. They do it in beer league softball. If it works, it gives the defense an advantage, but that advantage is small.
Bill James found that hits turned into outs by the shift in 2021 reduced the leaguewide batting average by just four points. The shift affected the outcome of some games and hurt some batters more than others. But unlike requiring relievers to face at least three batters and limiting the times a pitcher can throw over to first, banning the shift doesn’t address baseball’s biggest problem: the pace of play.
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