Maths Inside Baseball

second and third, Tigers bench sends a sign to give the next batter an

intentional walk. Then, they placed the third baseman behind the

catcher to prevent wild pitch just in case. However, this formation

violated th​is​ rule, so the third baseman had to come back to his original

position. Like this, all fielders have to be inside the fair territory; in other

words, fielders can be anywhere in the fair territory. Thinking out of the

box and breaking the stereotype of fielding position: this was the

beginning of defensive shifts.

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