ARLINGTON, TX - If New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi were the commissioner of baseball he would ban the shift.
"It is an illegal defense, like basketball," said Girardi, referring to defensive three seconds in the NBA. "Guard your man, guard your spot. If I were commissioner, they would be illegal."
The subject came up during Girardi's pre-game media session in part because Yankee starter Nathan Eovaldi lost his no-hitter in the seventh inning on Monday on a ground ball that went to where the shortstop traditionally plays.