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Originally Posted by Manny A
Well, JMO, but if it was so definitive, J/R wouldn't be compelled to make that interpretation, and only cite 7.08(f) and not 5.09(f).
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J/R is, and was intended to be, an re-organization of the rules of baseball. It started as the rules manual for an umpire school. It is not a collection of interpretations like e.g. the MLBUM or BRD.
So J/R are "compelled" to make the interpretation because the book intends to cover all the rules.