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Originally Posted by Don Mueller
I think I'm in big big trouble
I've been playing baseball all my life and I've never payed MLB a dime in royalties for the use of 'their game'
They may be the accepted authority when it comes to rules and umpire mechanics but unless you were using "owners" in the loosest context possible, it is an absolute misstatement to say they are the owners of the game and rules.
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An absolute mistatement? No, I stated what I meant.
An incorrect statement? I suppose it depends on what is meant when one says "baseball."
As far as the rules, there is not doubt to whom they belong. Check your rule book for under whose permission they are published.
Think it's a coincidence that Sporting News stopped publishing the rulebook when MLB decided to publish it?
Do you think the rules are in public domain? Trying printing and selling them.
BTW: If you've been purchasing rule books, you've paid MLB more than a dime in "royalties."