2005 BRD is at the printer's

[Carl Childress]

The 2005 BRD will be shipping around the middle of the month.

Some facts and figures:

438 pages, including a Table of Contents listing page numbers for sections, off interps, plays, and authoritative opinion boxes

521 sections: all changes from the 2004 edition are marked: added, changed, new, revised, edited

343 Official Interpretations (Rumble, Hopkins, Stevens, Thurston, Fetchiet, Paronto, Fitzpatrick, Deary, PBUC, MLBUM 2004 edition, and authoritative opinion from Evans and Roder: 64 text boxes of vital information where the rules and interpretations are vague)

256 plays

Appendix A: text of all off interps

Appendix B: NAIA rules

Appendix C: index of common baseball terms

Alphabetical Index: the most comprehensive index of baseball rules anywhere: lets you move from the BRD to the rule book

Citation Index: a list of every rule and PBUC ruling cited in the BRD; lets you move from the rule book to the BRD (a reverse directory, as it were)

Spiral bound for ease of study

Digitally printed for a perfect imprint every time

$24.95 plus shipping and handling

Go here http://shop.officiating.com/x/product/brd2005 to purchase this book, which Referee magazine named as one of the 40 essential books for officials.

Pre-orders have been brisk. Don't put it off until you have to wait for the second printing.