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The threat to the game is not the shift - it is the lack of action.  300+ pitch, 3:30 baseball games are generally awful.  You might get away with that in October … but not in June.

Find away to get rid of 1/4 to 1/3 of the pitches to improve the action and pace of game.  A good play in the shift on the 2nd pitch of the at bat is better than a 9 pitch BB or K. 

Except for the first week of the season and the month between the end of NHL and NBA playoffs and the All Star game - baseball is background noise.  Even October has lost its spot at Center Stage to the NFL. 

The game is an increasingly unwatchable game of homerun derby.  Eliminating the shift will only marginally address this fact of life.  Until there is more value for contact with the ball in general the trends will not change. 

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