Rules Myths

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Originally posted by wadeintothem
· Tie goes to the runner. FALSE. It doesn’t go to the fielder, either. The runner either beats the throw or the throw beats the runner. Ties do not exist.

I think this has more to do with "guessing a runner out" - if its so close you cant really tell - they are safe as opposed to out.

It also seems odd to say that there cannot be a tie - the ball and the runner could in fact get there at the exact same time, or so close the human eye could not tell, in which case, the runner should be declared safe; as you would not guess that they runner was out, or guess that the ball beat the runner there..

Hence the saying - which is probably more a saying than a myth such as my most hated myth "hands part of the bat" which I hear every year.

A play that close, the player making the best effort for the end
result will get the call. (i.e. SS makes a diving grab deep in the
and from her knees throws BR out at 1B.) Sell it, look the offensive
coach straight in the eyes, and return to your position. If the runner
made a better effort (i.e. arrived same time when she should have
been out by the "old by a mile") Sell it, stare at the location of
the play, return to position.
JMWOHAT - Just my way of handling a tie, or apparent tie.