re: I missed the 1st inning today.

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PS: I HATE THE SHIFT!!!

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"The shift" won you a national title last year - just to be clear. Think about every play made by Pearson in left in big moments. Multiple times against Wake in games 2 and 3. The ball Langford hit in the bottom of the 9th in game 1. It's ridiculous that these plays seem to have escaped from everyones brains.

Defensive positioning is based on tendencies. It works far more than it fails. Multiple times this year we've had our shortstop playing directly over the second base bag and it has taken away hits. These have come in huge spots late in games. I think it happened like 4 times against Tennessee.