PBUC , J/R, and Evans

[GarthB]

Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve

As does everyone, but that wasn't the subject of the thread. We're pretty much in agreement that all the manuals are useful tools, but they are not universally applied, so they remain "opinion only" at the amateur level. I want to know a way to make them mainstream, and affordable for everyone.

Until amateur umpiring becomes nationalized, which will never happen, they will not be universally applied.

But they are applied today by intelligent associations and leagues and are more than opinion. They are authoritative opinion and they carry weight with many BOD's, leagues and associations. I don't understand why you are fighting so hard.

You want MLB to come out and say, "The JEA is Gospel." Won't happen. We have to move on and use what is available. You have a choice to support yourself with the likes of the JEA or the opinion of Ernie down the street at Aunt Martha's Pie and Screen Door Company.