-=> Terry May took a called strike three for saying to Paige Miller <=- 
 TM> Re: _Tie goes to Runner or Fie_, Paige Miller wrote to Terry May on
 TM> 09 Oct 96: 
 PM> Because sound travels slower than light. And
 PM> so, as Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi would tell you, that means that
 PM> the sound occurred first.
 TM> That's fine if the umpire was a mile away.  At just a few feet away,
 TM> there's no way he can distinguish between the speed of sound and light.
 TM> If the sound came at the same time as the runner, then it was
 TM> virtually a tie, and the runner should be called out.  Not because of
 TM> physics, but because of rule 7.08(e).
I don't disagree with you, but the way I was taught, there are no ties.
Even if the coach/manager/player/irate fan was convinced it was a tie, you
are going to say that in your judgment, the ball (or tag) beat the runner.
Umpires don't see ties.
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