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Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast as we talk opening day

and Major League Baseball, and it will be a very, very different baseball season as we

welcome in.

Bobby V. Bobby, welcome. How is your offseason?

Mike, it was quick, but it was terrific. Thank you very much.

Everything's really special in my life. I hope you had a good one, too.

Good, Bob. You know, it's a very different year, and I know you being the baseball thinker that you are,

has spent a lot of time on this. When I look at the rule changes, let's start with the shift.

The part of the shift rule that I think has not gotten the attention is you are no longer allowed to play on the outfield grass for a million years, even if they were on the right side of the diamond, many sluggers

were played 10 and 15 feet deep on the outfield grass.

That's not longer, it's outlawed now.

Indeed it is.

They want more hits, and I think there'll be more hits with this banning of the shifts.

And the idea of no more, you have to be on the grass or on the inner part of the

infield, you can be on the infield end, but you can't be on the depth part.

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