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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Ted,
Have you ever seen the ASA or any other softball rule book on the NYT or anyone else's Best Selling list?
This is a publication created as a tool of communications for utilization in conjunction with numerous interpretations, clinics, schools and case plays documentation.
It is not supposed to be a "good read" or qualify as an award-winning essay.
Want to be picky? Where does it state anywhere that a player must run to 1B, 2B, 3B & home, in that order?
To cover every what if or possible scenario, you would need to create a tome and buy another equipment bag just to carry the book.
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Best selling list? Roughly 40k-50k copies a year for how many years, albeit different editions. It might qualify!
A tool of communications should be as correct as possible in the given language that it is published. I can forgive transgressions if it has been translated to other languages where various phrases often get confused. But whatever is written/printed/published should be correct. And "numerious interpretations" should be a red flag and a quality concern. While it might not be able to be 100%, the fewer possibilities for "interpretation" should be the goal.
5.5.A.1 Now this is a simple one that I get. I start from home and go on a journey, making various stops along the way. My first venue is first base, my second sortie is second base, my third visit is third base and my final destination is home at last. But I guess that's why they called those white squares first, second, and third base, respectively. And if you don't follow the logical 1, 2, 3, 4 progression on your journey, you do not pass go, do not collect $200, and go directly to jail.
I think the case books are a very helpful tool and also mitigate the need for any tomes. The rules themselves probably follow that 80-20 rule so common in many aspects of our lives. There are excpetions that require discussion or correction and examples [case plays] are recorded to help us with the uncommon or flat out weird. But simplistic passages that tell us how to have our pelvics [sic] alligned [sic] should be run through spell and grammar checks.
Ted