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Feb 2019
27m 16s

What Would Happen if Baseball Outlawed t...

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW
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Supporters of the shift believe it's a solid baseball strategy. By overloading defenders to the side of the field where a hitter routinely drives the ball, teams should get outs more easily. When to deploy the shift is a game of numbers. It depends on the likelihood of the batter to hit the ball one direction or the other, given his tendencies and t ... Show More
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