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Originally posted by Dave Davies
Well!! I quote PBUC in regards to J/R and got a hell of a response.
I make a comment about the 4th out appeal and got NO response!! Are we now agreeing that 7.10 Notes is no longer viable and that a 4th out appeal can be sustained even though there can be no appeal??
Dave Davies
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No, Dave, you "quoted" Jim Evans (who was a fledgling competitor at the time the Brinkman manual was being created) and a "couple of minor league umpires." Did Mike Fitzpatrick, for example, tell you the J/R was not authoritative? If not Mike, who at the PBUC office said: "The Jaksa/Roder manual does not contain authoritative opinion."
I talked to him about the book. He said it was a fine book but not official. Everybody knows that. Everybody says that.
Remember, Dave: Authoritative opinion is not immune from error.
It is, after all, only
OPINION.
I don't think you've yet caught on to what AO is. As someone said, you're still confusing it with official interpretations. Get out your JEA. The RULINGS to every SITUATION represent Jim Evans' opinion. It's authoritative, but it's not official. Everything that's OFFICIAL in the JEA is carefully labeled as such.
Can we at least agree on that?