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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
I have been reading old archived discussions about incorporating PBUC, Jaska/Roder, and Jim Evans interpretations into the OBR book in the future.
My question is.....WHEN?
If there are 237 errors in the OBR, why haven't we fixed them yet. Every year I tear into my new copy of the rules, and the only thing that ever changes is the strike zone.
All these interpretation manuals, and others such as Carl's BRD, are excellent tools, but until they incorporate them into one official book, they are just opinions, in amatuer baseball.
This is my opinion. Feedback please.
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Who knows "WHEN" or "IF" any of the interpretations/rulings wil be incorporated into the rule book(s).... until they are......
Because the various rule books are, in places, confusing (to say the least) interpretations/rulings are provided that make our job on the field easier (or so they say).
Our HS unit here uses the FED case book along with the rule book. We are required to apply the rules using the case book as our guide when necessary. I have worked leagues the use OBR. In that case we were required to use the PBUC as a guide for applying the rules.
I find the interpretations/rulings provided to be a great resource to me. More importantly they also provide some consistency in calls made from umpire to umpire.