Apr 22, 2021
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Jay Bruce retired Sunday after a 14-year career. His problem was not when his career ended but when it began. As a left-handed pull hitter without much speed, Bruce came along at the wrong time. If you want an example of how the growth of defensive shifts has harmed careers, Bruce is as blatant an example as any.
Jay Bruce hits in front of catcher Brian McCann in the fourth inning of a game in 2019. Both left-handed hitters, Bruce and McCann saw their careers turn for the worse because of defensive shifts.
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HERE’S a toast to His Majesty, King Elizabeth! No. It doesn’t sound right, does it? It would be silly, if not downright insulting to the most prominent woman in Britain. Yet Darlingtonians will soon have to start addressing the borough’s most prominent woman as though she was a man. Tradition here insists that mayors are male even when they aren’t. And Councillor Cyndi Hughes is next in line to become the town’s first citizen, starting in May. The council website says: “The Mayor should be addressed, irrespective of gender, as Mr Mayor .” Why? Because that’s the way it’s always been, from the days when women weren’t even allowed to vote for councillors, let alone be one.