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Whatever you want to call it....
It is still a valuable resource. I happen to umpire in all three domains included in the book. I tab the pages with the key matters like pitching/balks, etc. and take a read on the can (my special porcelain coated library) on an almost daily basis but specifically on days I am calling something different than what I called the last time out. As Ump/Coach JM said it helps you learn and digest the rules. I have read the 2006 version at least 7 or 8 times all the way through over the last 2 years and I have read certain portions multiple times more than that. It helps me with my confidence and to date, knock on wood, no one has come back to me complaining that I "kicked a rule" as Papa C (esteemed author of the BRD) says. It is well worth your investment if you can read and care about your professionalism and truly want to be better and get better every day in the field of umpiring.
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