How to not sell a call...

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Imagine it was not a baseball game at all, let alone MLB. I was just thinking as I saw the replay that given the drama of the play (walk-off winning run in an extra inning wild card one game playoff game) and the closeness of the call, that the mechanics of the safe call gives the impression of indecision. It called for a decisive safe-sell call, IMO.

I disagree ... but not in the way you think.

I think the mechanics of the safe call didn't "give the impression of indecision." Instead, rather ... I think it was ACTUAL indecision we see here. PU had no clue what he just saw.