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Originally Posted by clydepepper
Supposedly, the idea behind these changes is to speed up the game and thereby hoping to add excitement.
Instead, batting averages and on-base percentages will continue to drop at a faster and faster rate.
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I'm not sure I follow the logic there. Banning the shift does not speed up the game; if anything it should produce the opposite. Presumably, balls that used to be hits then became outs will now become hits again. How does more baserunners speed up the game, and how do these extra hits make batting averages and on-base percentages drop?
FWIW, I think banning the shift is a dumb idea.
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Last edited by nolemmings; 09-13-2022 at 11:49 AM.
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