EPIC RANT: The Shift Should Return To Baseball!

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul explains why MLB should keep the shift, and why the game is being watered down as we speak! Tune in at 5pm Central on Thursdays to hear Sports Talk Chicago on AM 1230 WJOB and JED TV!

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0:00.0	I want to shift to some baseball news now.
0:02.0	And speaking of rule changes,
0:04.2	Major League Baseball, if you didn't know,
0:05.5	they have instituted a new rule change amongst many for 2023.
0:10.0	It involves the shift.
0:12.6	The shift is going to be taken away.
0:17.3	The shift is over.
0:19.0	Starting in 2023, quote,
0:21.1	MLB is eliminating the kinds of drastic defensive ships
0:24.1	were becoming more commonplace and impacting offense.
0:27.0	The new guidelines were currently four infielders on the dirt
0:29.4	with two infielders on each side of second base.
0:33.4	No infielders are allowed to switch sides
0:35.5	and no four-man outfield fields are permitted.
0:42.6	So the ship is no longer.
0:47.0	And everybody's so happy about it, all these players.
0:49.5	They've got Cubs players quoted here.
0:50.8	Eric Hosmer, quote, I think a lot of us are really looking forward to that.
0:53.6	It just kind of seems like there's going to be more hits out there for guys.
0:57.7	There's no worse feeling than hitting the ball up the middle, hard, and seeing the shortstop standing right there.
1:04.0	Cody Bellinger, I know that's probably something we'll work on and get used to in spring training,
1:10.2	but it's exciting
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