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Old Sat Jun 11, 2005, 10:39am
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Originally posted by jesmael

Is the rule myth often quoted by many people an incorrect use of terms? Tie deals with time, safe/out is the ruling.

Taken from eteamzÂ…
THE TIE RULE MYTH
There is no such thing in the world of umpiring. The runner is either out or safe. The umpire must judge out or safe. It is impossible to judge a tie.


The myth was probably started from us when we were kids. We had no coaches, no umpires, NO PARENTS (thank God), etc. We made-up our own rules and one of them was:

If there was a Tie or the closest thing resembling a tie we would give it to the runner. BTW, this is why IMO,the brand of baseball has declined over the years. if the kids do not play organized ball, then they do not play at all but that is cause for another thread altogether.

Ok back to the thread.

Here's how I was taught to rule on the REAL close ones.

if the defense makes a "great" play, and the play is that close reward the defense.

Conversely, if the defense errs and B1 is busting it out of the box, reward the offense.

Other than the aformentioned, you do the best you can.

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