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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
I'm only pointing out the facts. A couple of people enjoyed piling on a few weeks ago and I was able to live through it. They called names and cast aspersions on my experience and knowledge. I defended myself and threw a few barbs back. I found it ironic that when I first posted this thread. Almost 60 members viewed it and not one responded. In my heart of hearts, I know that the Wizard and Mini Me were two of those (they can't help themselves when they see my name). Yet, they had no argument for the new evidence. No apology...no integrity. Mr. Ives chose to enter the fray and was thumped in the process.
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WindBag,
That's the name that Mr. Ives gave you and it's appropriate.
In yesterday's post, I pointed out that a AAA umpire I know told me that there is only one set of rules and interpretations for minor league baseball. You led us to believe that there were two sets of rules or interpretations. You were misinformed.
Don't believe me? I recently acquired a bootleg copy of the "Official Baseball Rules Annotated" by Jim Evans. On the first page of the preface, Jim tells us that these rules are the rules for all minor league play. Lo and behold, when I look in the rules in his book, they are exactly the same as my $5.95 Official Baseball Rules book that's available to the public. The added value that Jim gives is in the explanations. In the back of the book are appendices which Jim says reflects National, American, or UDP interpretations of the rules. He attributes each explanation to the league which it applies. He tells us how the the two Major Leagues interpret the rules as well as the minor leagues. It is very clear that there are only one set of rules, not two sets as you initially claimed. There are two sets of interpretations.
Jim Evans had to get permission from Major League Baseball to reprint the Official Baseball Rules. He gives credit to Major League Baseball because they own the copyright. Now why would Major League Baseball own a copyright to rules that they don't play by?
So who are we to believe, a windbag with no name or Jim Evans? It's you who've been thumped, WindBag, not Rich. It is hard to believe that you have the experience and contacts that you claim when you did not know so basic a fact about the rules. Sure, there are two sets of interpretations for
MLB only. What good do these interpretations do for anyone but an MLB umpire? The minor league interpretations are 99.9% in line with MLB anyway. Jim gives us the minor league interpretations in the main body of the book. There is only one set of OBR rules, however and you've wasted a whole lot of bandwidth confusing this forum.
I'm sure you'll follow up with a Rut like post to twist all facts and obscure your ignorance. We'll get another of your long winded answers about how us lesser umpires cannot understand the greatness that is WindBag. When all else fails, you'll find the spelling and grammatical errors in this post to deflect the criticism of your ignorance. Maybe you'll add another couple of lines to your fake resume to impress us. I can't wait.
I'll throw in an edit to give you something else to talk about besides your ignorance.