And here, I think, we have the crux of the problem. The folks at ASA know their game: no question.
What they don't know is how to write. They need outside help: lots of it. Many of the POEs are just as bad as the rules they're trying to clarify.
The ASA Director of Umps is on a crusade to clean up the rule book by '07. I wish him VERY well.
I would love a clear, authoritative, well-understood rule book from which to work ... one that everyone could read and understand. For one, I don't think that's an impossible quest; but it doesn't help us much in the here and now.
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