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Originally Posted by AlabamaBlue
Do you just make stuff up? Light travels at 186,000 miles per SECOND, sound at around 760mph depending on the atmosphere. So if you're standing 30 feet away from the bag, the light will reach you in approximately 0.00000003 seconds, and the sound will reach you in 0.0004 seconds. Do you really think you can differentiate that small of a difference? If the ball hits the glove at the exact same time the foot hits the bag, you are not going to be able to hear a difference of 4 TEN THOUSANDTHS of a second. Unless you're superman.
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One could argue that because of the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound being vastly different a tie could really be a SAFE, or vice versa, but umpires can not distinguish the difference between the speed of light and speed of sound from 30 feet, so ties are outs, just because. Coaches don't generally know the difference either. They just argue the call when the situation demands it and don't when it doesn't.