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Originally posted by Dave Hensley
But Papa C, in your own Baseball Rules Differences, Section 465, you actually cite the "General instructions to umpires, following 9.05" as the OBR guideline for whether an umpire should carry his rulebook on the field or not.
Are the general instructions so NOT part of the rules that umpires should be urged to ignore them because they are long, long out of date and non canon law anyway, or should they follow the information you've given them in section 485 of the BRD, which tells them - without any editorial comment about the notes being obsolete, not canon law, or generally ignored - to carry their rulebook on the field, because that's the OBR ruling according to the General Instructions?
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Well, I doubt a game could be protested because the umpire failed to carry his rulebook onto the field, or failed to hustle, etc., yet a game could possibly be protested because of an illegally changed call. See the difference?
Sat Feb 17, 2001, 12:38pm
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