Why is it so hard in baseball to beat the shift?

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Baseball just outlawed the shift, and people opposed to that will always lament “why can’t they hit it where the shift isn’t?”

Obviously, even for professional hitters, this is hard. Why is that? Does it have to do with the pitch type and pitch location? If not that, is it something else other than batter handedness and tendencies?

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Even at the highest levels, there are very few hitters capable of hitting hard to all fields. And it’s only gotten tougher now that every staff is stocked with guys who can throw in the high-90s and hitters commonly see multiple pitchers every single game. This is a rule to help increase the chances of base runners resulting from the ball being put into play.

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