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Theo Epstein | May 2021

The Bill Simmons Podcast: The Interviews

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The Problem With the Home Run Shift

"I think if we got rid of it, I think we would get some of the stuff you were talking about with doubles and triples," he said. The strikeout rate is essentially 25%. "It's a fundamentally different game when one quarter of the hitters are striking out in their played appearances as opposed to one eighth." He says pitchers have so much going for them now that they can train for velocity.

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