In the first clip I think it is cool to read where they had a "shift" on defensively against Ruth, moving the SS to behind 2nd base. I think I read somewhere that the first recorded "shifts" were against Ted Williams? I could be wrong in that, but that article would prove shifts were alive and well long before Teddy Baseball...
Great stuff...thanks all for sharing for this baseball geek!
EDIT - No mention of a Ruth Shift here - Williams as I mentioned and Boudreau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infield_shift
Another link mentioning Williams being the first -
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gamet...ctics-baseball