Over the weekend I read an interesting article by Star beat writer Rustin Dodd.
Rustin wrote about infield shifts and pointed out that the Royals rank 25th in baseball when it comes to the number of times they employ defensive alignments that put three infielders on one side of the diamond; the Houston Astros shift more than anyone.
But before anyone jumps to a conclusion and decides smart teams shift and dumb ones don’t, I’ve got a story to tell you.
Before I took on this job covering the Royals, I managed a men’s senior-league baseball team.