We don’t want to face those uncertainties, so we don’t. We ignore whatever dilemma we’re currently facing and hope it somehow goes away on its own. Sometimes that works! Sometimes you get a momentary reprieve from the pressure to act.

As Opening Day apporaches, the Boston Red Sox have to make a decision about who their starting third baseman will be. It sounds like manager Alex Cora has made a decision if you read between the lines.