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Brother Buzz

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4. Fielders don't shift on batters that CAN hit to the opposite field

Reply to Stinkfoot007 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 24, 2017, 12:18 AM

Jul 2017

There are a few power pull hitters that couldn't hit to the opposite field if their lives and game depended on it. The SF Giants first baseman, Branden Belt, is one of those dinosaurs who just can't do it; the shift on him is often comically ridiculous, and Belt couldn't bunt his way out of a wet paper sack.

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Outlaw the Shift. [View all] kairos12 May 2017 OP

Not "amount". Number. If you like people, refer to people as individuals, not aggregates. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #1

LOL. BDLP. You are allowed on my lawn. kairos12 May 2017 #2

Defenses will keep doing it until hitters figure out how to stop it Stinkfoot007 Jul 2017 #3

Fielders don't shift on batters that CAN hit to the opposite field Brother Buzz Jul 2017 #4