Here is an interesting clipping I took from the May 3, 1969 edition of the Sporting News that relates to a hot topic in 2019, infield shifts. It makes me wonder why Harmon Killebrew could handle it back then and today’s players seem to struggle with it. You didn’t think that “shifts” were new did you? I don’t think anyone even used the word analytics and computers back then.
Make sure you follow the 1969 Twins on the On This Day in Twins History page.
They used a shift on Babe Ruth. Shifts are far from new.