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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
There are at least 230 or so errors in the OBR rule-book and the OBR rule book is poorly indexed.
Here is a simple OBR rule.
A batter is HBP - what is the status of the ball?
Simple on the surface but what if you are reading the OBR book for the first time.
You have to go to another rule code (5) to find out that the ball is dead when B1 is HBP.
In OBR sometimes you have to go to 3-4 sections to get the COMPLETE answer.
FED is not perfect but at least they have a CASE book to explain. You might not agree or think it's dumb but at least it's explained.
In trying to understand OBR rules you need Evans / MLBUM or JR to get a good grasp of the rules.
Pete Booth
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I concur and totally understand.
Unfortunately MLB does not feel that they need to do a rewrite of the rule book. Since they refuse, we have to use other sources in order to get proper interpretations and "spirit of the rule" rulings.
My point with FED is that they are constantly changing their rule book and are still getting multiple things wrong, leaving old case plays in, etc. That is the frustrating part when dealing with FED.