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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
Well Garth, I guess if Jimmy said it, it must be right!
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I would put that differently. When Jim tells students that, he is relating the accepted practice at the professional level.
Some wonder if Jim, retired since 1999, is still regarded highly at the professional level. Aside from his school placing the majority of the new minor league umpires during the time that has lapsed, he has also been consulted by members of the rules committee.
Some twenty of the the 237 mistakes he has identified in the major league rule book will be corrected in the next edition. As one member of the committee put it, referring to the process involved: "We'll get to them all, but it will take time."
[Edited by GarthB on Mar 18th, 2006 at 05:41 PM]