Quote:
Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
The infield shift has/had a largely negligible effect on the game anyway. People keep talking about it introducing some kind of big fundamental change like the 10 whole points of BABIP that it took off the game in recent years is a massive game-changer or something.
|
That's pretty much what the article that I was reading said, that only the really persistent pull-hitters will experience nirvana. And among those, only the ones that consistently hit the ball sharply. Still, I think we will see some across the board improvement in batting averages.