banning the infield shift

[ace20251]

with all the left handed batters the O's have,that has had huge impact on winning games. i'm sure somebody could figure out how many ground ball or line drives hit to the right side would have been probable outs in past seasons. but that is for another day , what a great night to celebrate!

[oh-wee-ohs]

1 minute ago, ace20251 said:

with all the left handed batters the O's have,that has had huge impact on winning games. i'm sure somebody could figure out how many ground ball or line drives hit to the right side would have been probable outs in past seasons. but that is for another day , what a great night to celebrate!

I like the ban. But gonna say ehhh, it's one of those even stevens. Same for every team. Not just us. No one gets the benefit so, call it a wash. Made the game funner in my opinion. I like watching scoring and on base action personally. Defense on shifts was a boring version of defense. 

[ace20251]

4 minutes ago, oh-wee-ohs said:

I like the ban. But gonna say ehhh, it's one of those even stevens. Same for every team. Not just us. No one gets the benefit so, call it a wash. Made the game funner in my opinion. I like watching scoring and on base action personally. Defense on shifts was a boring version of defense. 

i agree,hated the shift,just think it probably helped us 

[sevastras]

Probably would have helped Chris Davis. Beyond his drug use prior to his contract as opposed to after, I can imagine that hitting a rope to the middle outfield that would normally be a single and becomes a ground out would be deflating as it was a fairly normal occurrence.