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Originally Posted by mbyron
The problem is that OBR contains two contrary statements. One is 6.05(j):
"A batter is out when...After a third strike or after he hits a fair ball, [the batter] or first base is tagged before he touches first base."
By this test, the ball must beat the runner, so a "tie" would go to the runner.
The other is 7.01 (already quoted by dash, above)
"7.01 A runner acquires the right to an unoccupied base when he touches it before he is out."
By this test, the runner must beat the ball, so a "tie" would result in an out.
This is one of the 237 problems with OBR. By tradition, at every level the test implied in 7.01 is employed on the field: the runner must beat the ball.
FED rules do not contain the contraries: see 8-4-2(j).
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7.08 (e) "Any runner is out when he fails to reach the next base before a fielder tags him or the base, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner." supports 7.01, although it does not include the batter/runner.
Therefore, by rule, tie goes to the fielder, except for the batter/runner at first base.
Right.