Its sad to see the most simplist fundamentals not apart of baseball anymore. Its getting so hard to watch with every player swinging for the fences. There are simple ways to score runs but managers must be so afraid to ask a hitter to give up an out. Every right handed hitter is facing 3 fielders on the left side with lefties seeing 3 on the right side. Every ground ball in the infield you already know its hit right at a fielder. Teams that shifted on Votto years ago were giving up hits about every AB. They had to play him straight up. Now I know he's been one of our best hitters this year but still seems like he's in a home run derby anymore. With all the free passes pitchers are giving us you would think that a team could atleast manufacturer one run in a game. With so many close games one run is making a big difference. Sorry just getting frustrated with how baseball has turned into.