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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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There are official opinon, like the OBR casebook, authoritative opinion, like Roder and Evans and then who cares opinion like yours and mine. "Opinion" is not a dirty word. Since some rules are somewhat vague, it is opinion that carries the day. One needs to seek out the most authoritaive and accepted opinion available. When you do some homework, you'll find that many of the opinions of JEA and Roder had found their way into practice in MLB.
If it's good enough for MLB it should be good enough for OBR "amateur" baseball, unless of course you are working LL or some other league that expressly disagrees with Major League rules.
I believe the liklihood of a major rewrite diminishes each year. It is what it is. We can work with it or we can b!tch. I quit banging my head against the wall in my thirties.
[Edited by GarthB on Nov 18th, 2005 at 02:00 PM]