cabbagedad posted:game7 posted:...If I call time to confer with my batter, and ask him to sit (sell out) low/away, and then he fouls off a pitch two inches below the top of the zone, it tells me he probably didn't sell out low/away.
For me, sell-out means you're toast if you get crossed up.
Not sure why you would want to have a hitter completely sit/sell out on a particular pitch when behind 0--2, 1-2, unless you have a completely one-dimensional hitter. ...IMO. I'm sure you are getting to your POV eventually here.
I didn't post with an intention of advocating a POV.
I was curious if others here ever told a batter to do it.
I have.