Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Tie Does NOT Go to the Runner


Maybe you've heard that in baseball, "tie goes to the runner." However, this is NOT true! Nowhere in the rule book will you find this. The umpire is supposed to determine which happened first—the runner touching the bag or the fielder catching the ball. It's impossible for the two events to happen at EXACTLY the same time.



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