Who to call the foul on?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I think the baseball analogy would be the phrase, "The tie goes to the runner." I've been told the correct call is, "There's no such thing as a tie." The ball beat the runner, or the runner beat the ball, even if it's by a mere fraction of a second, and it's the umpire's job to determine which it is.

Not quite: assuming we're talking about 1B, the umpire's job is to determine whether or not the runner beat the ball. In a so-called tie, the runner did not beat the ball, so he's out.

Edited to add: BillyMac, professional instruction is to enforce the standard of 7.08 and ignore that of 6.05.