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I'm surprised even an old curmudgeon tried to use a softball book to support a baseball interp...
But even worse - a softball book written in NINETEEN FRIGGIN EIGHTY THREE likely has as little to do with SOFTball as it does to baseball.
In 83, softball rules had to be written to fit EXTREMELY inexperienced players. The game is much more "baseballish" today than it was then, although they have definitely evolved separately and rules differ in many significant ways.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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