At the risk of being frowned upon by my colleagues I will ask this very simple question.

What texts (rules reference and mechanics) should I have in my library? Like many others who are on this board I am trying to improve my craft and would like to know what are the minimum references to have at hand.
At the present time my library includes:
The 2001 edition of the Babe Ruth rule book & casebooks
The NAPBL (before it changed to PBUC - is there any new information in the PBUC that is not in the NAPBL?)
Umpire's Guide Book Vol. II - Mark Ambrosius
Smart Baseball Umpiring - George Demetriou

From what I gather the J/R and JEA are not available, yet many rules interps are presented from these two sources. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Definitely get <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558212809/qid=985038887/sr=1-3/ref=sc_b_4/107-0422821-6844524">The Rules of Baseball</a> by David Nemec. It is the best baseball book I have ever read, and it will give you a historical viewpoint on the rules.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0892046473/o/qid=985038829/sr=8-3/ref=aps_sr_b_1_3/107-0422821-6844524">The most recent OBR</a>, of course. If you care about FED rules, get <a href="http://www.nfhs.org/PDF/2000PublicationsCat.pdf"> the most recent FED rules, casebook, and umpires manual</a>.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963062603/qid=985038924/sr=1-8/ref=sc_b_9/107-0422821-6844524"> Jim Evans Annotated</a>, of course, but you can't get it. Ever. Jaksa/Roder: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">e-mail Rick Roder</a> to buy it for $25.

[Edited by Patrick Szalapski on Mar 19th, 2001 at 04:06 PM]

Patrick,

Thanks for your reply, when I clicked on Jim Evans Annotated I was taken to Amazon.com and they have Evans book (to be published November 2000) for $69.50 I do not know if they are still offering it or not but that is what I came across. Also I tried to email Rick Roder through the link presented in your post could not get there. If anyone has his email or snail mail address please let me know. thanks

[Edited by Thane Yennie on Mar 19th, 2001 at 04:33 PM]

Thane,

In addition to the great suggestions made by Patrick, I believe you should include the <i>Manual for the Two Umpire System</i> from the <a href="http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/umpire_corp/ump-corp.php3">PBUC UDP</a>. This covers the Pro mechanics and coverage for all situations and is a good basis for further study of various mechanics systems.

Since the <i>PBUC Umpire Manual</i> provides the only source of "official" interpretations outside of those few reported in the JEA and BRD (see below), the latest version of the PBUC/NAPBL manual is also considered a must for OBR-based leagues.

Finally, and most importantly, <i>Baseball Rules Differences</i> by Carl Childress is an invaluable tool for rules interpretations across the major codes and within each code. It can be obtained from RightSports Inc, owners of this board, at <a href="http://www.eumpire.com">eUmpire.com</a>.

Cheers,

try this.....
 

Rick Roder
P.O.Box # 2
Remsen, Ia 51050

and, Send $25.00

Warren:

Ty has a personally autographed copy of the BRD, which I handed to him in person in his living room when I did the Green River baseball clinic last April.

Since he left it out of his list, he ain't get another free one from me when I go back to Wyoming next year.

Sorry Carl!! I was typing my list at school, away from my nightstand full of books and just spaced it out. But you know I am still missing page 20. When you sent pages 19 and 20 last year, I only got page 19. Sorry once again for the oversight.

What they have there is a failure to communicate--i.e. between the publisher and Amazon. I provided the link as a courtesy only.

It's not a $70 book anyway.

P-Sz

Free Stuff??
 

Hey Carl....

If you gave Ty a FREE BRD when you wnet to Wyoming, I would imagine you must be briging me up a bunch of stuff when you come to Nova Scotia in May!

Blaine