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"Infields spin in response to data explosion"


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Hundreds and thousands of miles away, infielders shift from left to right and back on big league diamonds, swaying like metronomes marking time in a Beethoven symphony, moving to locations personalized for each batter.

All this re-aligning is designed to drive hitters, well, batty. And it's working: The big-league batting average is at its lowest level since 1972.

Article of Associated Press on the influence data analytics have had on infielders: The Big Shift: Infields spin in response to data explosion

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Good stuff. I guess other teams are going to start closing the gap with us on this.

There's no such thing as a groundball hit for a left-handed pull hitter now," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "It just doesn't happen. Everybody's over there."
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