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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Note that MLBUM is contrary to PBUC on this play. So, we're left with (a) one of them is wrong, or (b) there's a different ruling in MLB and MiLB, even though both use OBR.
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B.
There are several interpretations that are different in MiLB from MLB. There are even some rules in MiLB that do not exist in MLB.
MiLB umpires, at least the new ones, are discouraged from reading the MLBUM, JEA and J/R so they do not get any rules or interps confused.