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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED
I think Irish's point is this. Rule says defense must put the runner out prior to reaching the base. If you tie (happened at the same time) then the ball wasn't there before the runner so the defense did not put the runner out prior to them reaching the base, thus the safe call.
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Exactly. Just because the book doesn't acknowledge "Tie" as a valid ruling does not mean they do not exists in the real world. Yet the rule book may recognize such an event by clearly placing the onus on the defense to succeed in retiring the runner prior to reaching the base. Ergo, the defense's failure to do so defaults in a ruling of "safe".
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Now in the real world we all know there are no ties.....we get paid the $1,000 a game to determine which came first, safe or out!! After that we start in on the chicken and egg issue.
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Was that sarcasm?  Bazinga! 
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