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Girardi: I’d ban shifts from MLB if I were commish
- Updated: April 26, 2016
7:26 PM ET
ARLINGTON, Texas — If New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi were the commissioner of baseball he would ban the shift.
Yankees skipper Joe Girardi would like to ban the shift from Major League Baseball. Bob Levey/Getty Images
“It is an illegal defense, like basketball,” said Girardi, referring to defensive three seconds in the NBA. “Guard your man, guard your spot. If I were commissioner, they would be illegal.”
The subject came up during Girardi’s pregame media session in part because Yankee starter Nathan Eovaldi lost his no-hitter in the seventh inning on Monday on a ground ball that went to …
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