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Old Sun Mar 18, 2007, 11:25pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
So in conculsion, tie goes to runner at first and tie goes to fielders at the other bases.
I actually like Steve Palermo's reputed answer from the late 1980s much better, which, in a few words seems to capture an umpiring philosophy rather diametrically opposed to that being espoused by a particular old school poster here:

Anyway, when asked the question whether a tie really does go to the runner, his answer supposedly was: "Tie? Never seen one."