1. I agree with Oz, this should be BU's call. But maybe it was to the LF side of CF and he read it as PU's. Even so, there should be 4 eyes on this ball (see #2).
2. Even if pivoting, BU needs to watch the ball, glance at the runner. It's more important to see whether this is a HR (what's a BRD?) than to see whether BR missed 1B by .025 inches.
3. Angle over distance: PU needs to move faster away from HP and at an angle to the play. For this one, I'd move in the direction of where F6 usually plays (or maybe even closer to 3B) and get as far into the infield as I could. If it's such a hard shot, increase the angle once you see where it's going.
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