That Wacky Astros Four-Man Outfield Shift Is Spreading
by Chris Thompson from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3SDVE)
The defensive shift is having a moment. It's of course being used more than ever, and now even by certain crotchety types who'd previously resisted it. Royals manager Ned Yost, for example, is skeptical of statistics that support use of the shift, and in fact is vocally in favor of the shift being banned altogether;"