Yep the shift can #### right off.
If a player can turn on a fastball and hit it 100mph through the hole on the infield they deserve that hit. Same can be said about hitting it up the middle. If you get it by the pitcher you should be rewarded with a base hit. Not directly at a shortstop playing behind the bag, or the aforementioned 3rd baseman playing in what can only be described as no mans land.
There's still going to be the freak athletes that are gonna pick some of those balls regardless but that's also super dope and what separates the big leaguers from the plebs.
I wish I could find it now, but Bob Costa's had a rant about this same thing and it was more eloquent than I ever could ever put into words. Just a shame the Joe Madden got a ring after introducing this garbage to the game.
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