Former college baseball coach Walter Beede takes a look at how youth travel baseball has upended baseball, from Little League all the way up to college ball, and how travel baseball has transformed from a way to let elite talent compete against each other to a free-for-all built to extract as much money from as many parents as possible.  Clocking in at about 100 pages, The Shift is really only for parents navigating the world of youth baseball for something other than a recreational activity.