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					Originally Posted by aschramm  Just curious as to how everyone reads their rulebook, and how to learn from it most effectively?  When I started two years ago I started going from cover to cover, but am thinking that might not be the best way.  Any advice is welcome.
 Thanks!
 
 (If it matters, FED rulebook, casebook, and manual).
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 Step 1:  Forget what you "know" about baseball and umpiring.
Step 2:  Start with the rules definitions.
Step 3:  Read the case book definitions and follow up on any cases you don't get right.
Step 4:  Read the rest of the case book, skipping the "playing field" and much of the "scoring" section (in FED, the first, iirc, section of scoring is important.)