11.   First of all, he was brought into a tie game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

12.   Had they both scored, the teams might still be trying to settle a tie game.

13.   He had helped turn a tie game into a five-point Knicks lead.

14.   I remember Kirk Gibson was on second base one game, a tie game in the ninth inning.

15.   If Japanese rules allowed for tie games, that was because the Japanese thought it important to save face.

16.   If your team was in a tie game with five seconds left, you would want Pitino designing your final play.

17.   In a perfect world where tendinitis and circulatory problems do not exist, the ninth inning of a tie game would belong to Mike Jackson and Kevin Rogers.

18.   In a tie game against the Chicago Bulls earlier this season, the Mavericks went to Jackson down the stretch.

19.   In the eighth inning of a tie game, you push a runner to second base and take your chances.

20.   In the bottom of the ninth in a tie game at Toronto Monday, Payton sprinted back and to his left to chase a drive by Homer Bush.