I don’t watch baseball but for some reason I’ve seen people complaining about it on social media.
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The shift in MLB is when the defensive players “shift” from their normal positions to more of one side of the field. They usually do this because a batter will have a tendency to hit on one side or not. By shifting coverage to the side they hit to, the defense has more of a chance to get the ball faster.
The problem that people seem to have is that if lowers base hits. Which means there are less base runners. Which means less scoring.
So they implemented the ban. This is to hopefully have more base hits and maybe make baseball more exciting to watch.
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