MLB managers weigh in on possible rule changes, particularly banning shifts

Moving fielders around to try to prevent hits is as old as baseball.

You might recall a phrase attributed to 19th Century star “Wee” Willie Keeler: “Hit ‘em where they ain’t.”

Connie Mack, the famed manager of the old Philadelphia Athletics, used to wave a scorecard from the dugout to help place his fielders:

Then there was the shift put on Red Sox star Ted Williams, supposedly invented by Indians manager Lou Boudreau (though others had done it previously).