Question

What is a shift in baseball?

A: When the pitcher moves to a different part of the rubber, so the angle of the pitch has been shifted slightly.


B: When the batter moves to different part of the batters box, to change the way the ball will approach him from the pitcher.


C: When a team moves their defense to one side of the field because a batter is more likely to hit the ball there.


D: When the catcher moves toward 2nd base, to give the defense a better chance at catching a ball hit that way.

Answer 1

Answer: C: When a team moves their defense to one side of the field because a batter is more likely to hit the ball there

Step-by-step explanation:

A shift is a defensive strategy that realigns the fielders in a different starting point so the defense overloads one side of the field. Major League Baseball officially considers the presence of at least three out of the four infielders on one side of the second base as a shift. The typical shift is to a batter's pull side in the infield, because a batter is more likely to hit the ball there.