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Baseball

JayhawkSD

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6. I think the shift itself is disrespectful of the game.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 10:39 AM

Apr 2018

Anything you can do to defeat, or better yet make it look ridiculous, is fair game.

It's called "being hoist on your own petard" or, in modern language, "blown up by your own bomb."

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Bunting to beat the shift [View all] Ohiogal Apr 2018 OP

I don't see how they could be mad about that. Ohiya Apr 2018 #1

I just read Ohiogal Apr 2018 #2

It is legal.........end of story Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #3

Why were they in a shift... The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #4

Agreed - PAMod Apr 2018 #7

baseball is baseball, complaining about this is pretty unbaseball-like beachbum bob Apr 2018 #5

I think the shift itself is disrespectful of the game. JayhawkSD Apr 2018 #6

I get the strategy. Still don't like the shift. kairos12 May 2018 #8