Oct 21, 2021
3:20:33pm
3:20:33pm
Agreed. Reward dudes who can make teams pay for putting on a shift.
Heck, a long bunt down the third base line would get on base a lot of the time. If guys started doing that kind of thing more often teams wouldn’t play the shift as much.
Originally posted on Oct 21, 2021 at 3:20:33pm
Message modified by ballen on Oct 21, 2021 at 3:21:30pm
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