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jasonvol18 said:
I do agree that hitters these days are too damn selfish to take the single dribbler down 3rd base. Take Freddie Freeman, 15- 20 years ago you never saw the 3rd baseman end up in short right field on a shift to a lefty. Even though he has power to all parts of the field, they still load up the right side. They know his power is gap to gap and rarely does he ground it to 3rd.As I've seen it put, a lot of these guys are paid to hit doubles and HR's, not singles.. To a point I see that, but if you're leading off the inning, why not try shooting that hole instead of grounding out into the shift. They could add 10-20 more points to their average. Then if there's guys on, especially at 3rd they are not going to shift as drastically, then that's when you go big. But unfortunately it's the new age of baseball..Everybody wants to go yard and hit the gaps for doubles and Triples. Look at the Braves Ozzie Albies, who is built like your typical second baseman.But has 30 HR a season power and can gap you to death. Guys are so much stronger these days and with how fast these guys pitch, you just let the pitcher supply most of the power.
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I believe Albies did drop a couple of bunts down the line in the World Series against the shift. I'm getting old and my memory isn't so great anymore, but I thought he did.
 
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