Follow the money $$$
Logically, the rules have a wider audience than the umpire's manual.
Also, logically, the code has a much narrower audience than either.
Audience (more or less):
Rules: Coaches, umpires, league officials
Code: League officials
Umpire Manual: Umpires
The largest audience is coaches, followed by umpires.
If the ASA can sell two books to all the umpires instead of one, they have more income.
That's my theory.
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