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The shift hits the ban

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The White Sox’ Luis Robert (right) and Eloy Jiménez collide while attempting to catch a fly ball in spring training.

On his way to winning a Gold Glove in 2020, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert caught fly balls hit to the left fielder so routinely that Eloy Jimenez at one point during a game in August simply stood motionless, hands clasped over his belt buckle, watching — with a “here we go again” look on his face — as Robert caught a ball that otherwise might have hit Jimenez.

It became a running joke.