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Cardinals’ Brandon Moss agrees with Joe Girardi on shifts
- Updated: April 26, 2016
9:22 PM ET
PHOENIX — If Major League Baseball commissioners were elected by the popular vote of the players, Joe Girardi would at least one vote in the St. Louis Cardinals’ clubhouse.
“I think that man needs to have a voice. Let that man be heard!” Brandon Moss said of the New York Yankees manager.
Moss was responding to Girardi’s comments Tuesday that, if he were commissioner, he would ban nontraditional shifts of three or more infielders on one side of the diamond. Moss typically is one of the major league hitters who sees the most shifts. He first started noticing extreme shifts in 2012 and by 2013, the number he saw had increased exponentially. In 2014, Moss hit 255 balls into shifts, fifth most in baseball.
Cardinals first baseman Brandon Moss is not a fan of defensive shifts, which he faces frequently. Billy Hurst/USA TODAY Sports
“Listen, there’s no doubt …
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