home plate after a long hit. second baseman jimenez hit the umpire in the head with the throw. vanover was not aware he had been hit in the head by a ball. that is so scary. todd: i would say vanover was accidentally in the way, the second baseman did what he had to do, taking the cut-off. and parents saying children are not property. authoritarianism is gospel to modden conservatives, nowhere is that clearer than their assaults on children. the language of parental rights can become a license to to theure. a fairfax county mom at independent network and a loudoun county father of two join me now. you heard the statement i read. break down the falsehoods in that statement and throughout
like, he hits the ball like you were taught when you re 7, 8, 9. hit a screamer over the shortstop, over second base, right? find the gaps. he hits it hard, and suddenly, there s a second baseman 30 yards out in right field that catches the ball. it ends up, might have been a lazy fly ball. it s what i love about getting rid of the shift. actually, this is a traditional move. i know ted williams had the shift, but it s gotten outrageous. theo put his finger on the most important aspect of the rules changes, you have to have your feet on the infield. for fielders, stay on the infield, not the outfield grass. for left-handed hitters, specifically, it ll make an enormous difference, i would think. david ortiz, the number of line drives that he hit to short right field that would have been ordinary base hits, except you have three, four players on the
in the middle of the action. we don t want games to be decided by whether the front office has the perfect algorithm. a hard hit ball goes right to the fielder standing in short right field. we want the game to be decided by whether your second baseman is quick enough, has enough instincts, reads the play right, goes on a full sprint, dives, makes the play, throws. the game is about the players and for the fans. the rule changes take in the aggregate, putting the players in the middle of the action and give fans more of what they want. two minutes past the top of the hour. we re talking opening day with theo epstein, mike barnicle, and our golf correspondent richard haass. we ll get to the news in a moment. we ll have questions for ya. mike, we talk about the rule changes. breakup the tradition. i have to say, one of the things that really is irritating to me as someone who has been following baseball for half a century, is you have a batter that gets up, has a perfect hit.