To Ortiz, the best way to beat the shift is to work on hitting the ball hard up the middle, with some line drives to left field.

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The narrative of the left is that unions level the playing field and preserve the middle class.

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At one point during the tour, our tour guide stopped his Jeep in the middle of a grassy field and pointed to his left at a group of what appeared to be about 25 to 30 large, white birds who were feeding in a marsh.

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