I'm sure many of you will recall this subject we discussed a few months ago. 
It was shown that the phrase, "tie goes to the runner," was a myth.  A rule
was quoted which showed the runner must beat the throw on a force play, not 
the other way around.
Well, I brought this up in Usenet's rec.sport.baseball and was shown a rule 
that seems to suggest that the tie does indeed go to the runner:
6.05 A batter is out when:
.....
j. After a third strike or after he hits a fair ball, he or first
base is tagged before he touches first base;
My thinking is that this only shows one way ("j.") a batter can be out, and 
it doesn't say that if this doesn't happen, the batter is safe.  And there is 
another rule that leaves no doubt in the case of a tie. 
So what's the deal?  Would someone please post the rule again that says the 
batter is out if he doesn't reach first base before the base is tagged?
...  1996 NLDS:  Braves sweep Dodgers, 3 games to 0!
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