Florida head coach accuses umpires of cheating his team at WCWS

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Originally Posted by mbcrowder

There is no such thing as two independent events occurring at the same precise moment... there is no tie.

Within the limits of human perception, yes there are. And since we're talking about a human's perception (although quite a few coaches might argue with that), ties will happen. And I would argue that you cannot prove that two independant events did NOT occur at the exact same time.

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

PS - you can find exactly the reverse wording elsewhere in the book... even the book assumes there is no such thing as a tie.

The closest I could find was in the rule supplement (1.L in the book I have open) dealing with the appeal when the runner passed first base "before the throw arrives" without touching. I can accept that the offense loses the benefit of winning the tie if they fail to touch the base.