Ingabe imithetho emisha ye-Major League Baseball yenza umdlalo uthakazelise ngokwengeziwe?
Ngaphambi kwale sizini, i-Major League Baseball (MLB) yavumela abadlali basemagcekeni ukuba bashintshe ngokususelwa ekutheni ngubani owayesebhethweni leqembu eliphikisayo. Ukuguqulwa kusho nje ukuthi i-infield evikelayo ingakwazi ukulayisha uhlangothi oluthile lwe-infield. Isibonelo, i-shortstop ingase ithuthele lapho i-2nd baseman ngokuvamile ibekwe khona futhi i-2nd baseman ingase idlale ensimini engezansi kwesokudla. Umdlali wasebangeni lesithathu wayeyohlala ohlangothini lwesobunxele lwendawo. Umbono walesi simiso sokushintsha isikhundla usekelwe ekuhlaziyweni okuthuthukile okusetshenziswa emdlalweni we-baseball. Ngokusebenzisa ishadi lokufafaza ukuze kutholakale ukuthi i-hitter ivame ukufaka ibhola ekudlaleni nokuthi hlobo luni lwe-pitch ephonswe ngalo, iqembu elivikelayo lizoshintsha ukuze lihlanganise iningi lendawo yokudlala futhi ngaleyo ndlela likhulise ithuba iqembu elivikelayo lizobhala ngaphandle ngokusekelwe kule nqubo. Yayisetshenziswa kakhulu kule minyaka engu-3-4 edlule kanti abanye bathi ukusebenzisa i-shift kunciphise inani lama-hits nama-run atholakele ngesikhathi somdlalo. Umphumela walokhu waba ukuthi amaphuzu abe mancane futhi umdlalo ungajabulisi kubalandeli abasebancane futhi abafuna ukuzijabulisa kakhulu emidlalweni ye-baseball. Enye impikiswano evumela ukushintshwa ukuthi abashayi, ngokuba ochwepheshe, bazolungisa futhi bazame ukushaya ukushintshwa ngokushaya ibhola kude nokushintshwa noma ukushaya "enkundleni ephambene". Impendulo yabashayi bokushaya ukuze banqobe ukushintshwa kwakuwukukhulisa i-angle yabo yokushaya futhi badlale i-home run. Ngenkathi i-home run yayiyindlela ebalulekile yokushaya amagoli, i-MLB yanquma ukuvimbela ushintsho kusuka kumasu okuzivikela ngesizini ka-2023. Ukwenqaba kwabadlali be-hitters ukuzivumelanisa noshintsho kwaholela kulesi sinqumo se-MLB. Okwakukhathaza ukuthi imidlalo yayingagcwele isenzo ngokwanele futhi ekugcineni i-MLB yayizoqhubeka nokulahlekelwa ukuthandwa ngababukeli bayo abancane, bakhethe eminye imidlalo efana ne-Basketball, Ibhola, noma iHockey ukuchitha imali yabo kuyo. Awusakwazi ukuhlola abadlali abavikelayo. Imithetho yale sizini ithi kufanele kube nabavikeli ababili ohlangothini ngalunye lwesisekelo sesibili futhi izinyawo zabo kufanele zibe othulini lwangaphakathi lapho kudonswa isidlaliso. Ithemba liwukuthi kuzokhiqizwa ama-hit amaningi, kwenziwe ama-run amaningi, futhi kwenziwe ukwanda kokwamukelwa ngabalandeli. Umbono wokuqala ngemva kwesonto lokuqala lesizini ye-MLB uwukuthi le midlalo ibonakala ishesha kakhulu, kunemiqhudelwano eminingi futhi kwenziwa izinto eziningi.