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Originally posted by Jim Porter
The only authority, in my opinion, that supercedes that of J/R would be Jim Evans' Baseball Rules Annotated, and only because of the historical information Mr. Evans provides. Otherwise, I would consider them of equal, authoritative weight.
I would be enlightened to learn of all the direct conflicts between J/R and the NAPBL Manual. Please share.
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I'll have to agree with Jim, here. I would be glad to throw out certain parts of J/R if I found where they clearly contradict NAPBL and/or OBR. However, I can recall only one time where we got into a discussion over a contradiction between J/R and JEA, and that was never fully resolved. (It was with Gee on eteamz last March, IIRC.)
I don't know who says "J/R is so full of errors" or why, but I can't find evidence of that. What I do know is that the non-appeal fourth out makes sense and is not contradicted by the OBR. I have also seen no other authoritative opinion to throw it out, and I even recall some of our "board authorities" supporting it.
P-Sz