Reply to "MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred would consider eliminating the shift"

MidAtlanticDad10,000+ posts

Originally Posted by luv baseball:

Something like Other than the pitcher and catcher the remaining defensive players must be no more than 4 to one side of the direct line from Home Plate, over second base to the fence when a legal pitch is released.

Penalty - Balk or Ball if no runners.

There you go - update an existing rule in less than 50 words and you don't need a line on the field. The home Plate and 2B umpire's are in easy position to call it. Hope it never happens.

I'm picturing the baseball version of a hockey face-off where the ump is yelling to the CF to take a step right, and he moves an inch... then moves back left as the pitcher winds up.

1/30/153:05 PM

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