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I was watching the game live on MLB when it happened. My initial reaction was the same as the offensive team..he called it foul.

They then replayed it (of course) over and over again from multiple angles. I came away with this conclusion.

Initially his hands went up with closed fists appearing as if he were trying to not be hit with the ball. That action in itself confused me, since the ball clearly came off the bat and was no where near him.

It then appeared that he began to drop his hands, but then changed his mind and clearly and deliberately raised them up above his head as if he were calling a dead ball.

A split second latter he realized where the ball was and pointed fair. Then, almost as if he realized he had made a terrible mistake, he emphatically pointed fair multiple times - trying to "sell" the call.

I personally don't think it would have made a difference either way. Those that argue the base runners only returned because of the hands up are completely wrong...there is no way they could have made it to the next base in time. I do however believe that putting his hands up to call time should have killed the play immediately and he should have sucked it up and admitted he made a mistake. We don't expect them to be perfect, we do however expect them to have integrity! That is something he apparently doesn't have.