mike m.,
JEA is shorthand for the book Jim Evans Official Baseball Rules Annotated which is an authoritative interpretation manual which describes the proper application of the rules in various situations and clarifies many of the ambiguities inherent in the text of the rules. Also contains a lot of interesting historical information about how the rules have evolved over time.
(Jim Evans is a former MLB umpire who now runs one of the two umpire schools that anyone who wants to become a professional umpire must attend.)
You will also regularly see J/R used to reference another manual called The Rules of Professional Baseball written by Jaksa and Roder.
JM
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