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Training active shooter response was part of that training. scenarios were laid out and we continually trained on that. the patrol officers will even on their days off come in and work on these type of scenarios. we ll find vacant banks and schools that we can use to train in. so again, it is very it is one of those things if you don t use it, you lose it. you have to continually train on these types of events. there is a reason why professional athletes get to a stadium four hours before batting practice and hit ground balls. when game time comes around they don t want one of the ground balls to be something they never saw before. if we can continue to train on that we can eliminate the threat sooner. bill: thank you for joining us today. old national bank is the scene. what happened we don t know? we re trying to police it together. police will brief in a matter of ....
Spring training and some players are excited. the heater for me is much better you know that you can hit and nobody is going to be there and that can be a base hit. reporter: according to the league, there is already been a significant rise in ground ball hits some pitchers are now adjusting to the ban. we have to adapt. get used to it that s what spring training is for. reporter: and fans seem to be excited with actionen the diamond. i think it makes the game more exciting. everybody wants to see runs, everybody wants to see hits. reporter: and the hits are in this year s spring training saw a 16 point increase in batting average for ground balls in play it s a new era for america s favorite pastime. i am so excited go dodgers go mets. in honor of cal perry who left us to work for baseball, go orioles this year. that does to for me. deadline whitehouse is next. ....
Steal more but there is another rule expected to make way for more hits and runs. it s the new ban on the shift. the entire ball club, the astros, on the right side. reporter: what is the shift before players could send essentially anywhere on the fold for a play if a batter hit the ball to one part of the field, a team could have moved all the infielders to that side. with left-handed hitters, it was really prevalent. on the ground, into the shift. reporter: the shift making it harder for a ball to go through. i say, okay, i try to hit that way because it s not that easy we try so hard and we can t. reporter: but batters won t see that anymore the rule says two infielders have to be on each side of second base before the pitch is thrown infielders can no longer shift to the outfield. with less players concentrated on one side of the field, batters could see more success at the plate. it s going to turn more ground balls into hits. reporter: the rule has already been ....
Ruth, lou gehrig s here i am in the same locker as them. getting back to your point, russian division. you can go into a bar russian division empty. 1:00 packed. 4:00. stayed out until 4:00, don t go to bed. just stay up. i did it three times in my career. i had to do it. and i got out to first base and said lord, please, no ground balls. no tough plays. promise i ll never do it again. tucker: how did you play? i don t remember. ty did good when i was tired or had i focussed more if say i had a headache or for whatever reason. i focussed more. can t let your team down. ....