I think that we're giving ourselves just a little too much credit here. In my experience when you have the proverbial tie you'd better be "selling" that call and part of selling it is to not hesitate. I don't think I could go through the process of A:Who made the better play or B:Who got the last one fast enough to save myself the grief of appearing to hesitate. Clearly on an out you have a time delay while you determine that the fielder held the ball but even then your body language, looking for the ball or pointing at the tag is alerting the crowd to what is following. So for me the call on a "tie" is what ever comes out first. Jim
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