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    MLB Bans 'The Shift'

    en-usFebruary 05, 2023
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    About this Episode

    On this episode, your heroes fight the MLB's ban of 'The Shift'. Why does the MLB hate 'freedom of movement'? What is the history of this weird rule? And what happens when the outfield grass is different for a bunch of different fields?

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