When will the 2006 edition of the BRD be released?

I have no idea, but I hate to see a thread with no responses. Maybe if you rename the thread "Hey Carl, when's the 2006 BRD coming out?" you will get an answer!:cool:

It is obvious why Carl didn't respond yet.

The book has been delayed because Carl had to go back and change it to say that a coach may use a wheelchair in the coach's box, for untill a couple days ago, he did not know that.

hehe, I haven't been logging in, but I've been watching the show.

That made me chuckle L hehe.

LDUB,

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Best one in quite some time!!

I must be missing the joke. That might be because Carl wrote that this would be allowed in an email to me in 2001. Why do you think he wouldn't know now?

Carl recently got very offended when he was accused of not knowing that the coach could use a wheelchair. Carl has also failed to respond to this thread and post a date for the release of the book. I simply put the two things together into a humorous statement.

It didn't sound funny to me.

I check The Forum perhaps every third or fourth day unless I've posted something and am notified of a reply.

If you had a copy of the BRD, you'd know what I know - which is every published official interpretation going back to 1976 - in three sets of rules.

That a "mobility device" is legal doesn't detract one bit from the fact that it's dangerous and the person using it, selfish.

The BRD always comes out after the NFHS meeting in mid-January.

Or you AH's could actually buy a BRD and see that it's covered already. It's hard to legitimately claim he didn't know it when it's published in his book.

Coaches in section 135
Umpires in section 493


The book becomes available sometime after the first of the year.

Oh come on you two, it was funny as hell. Thanks, Luke. You AH's need to lighten up a bit. At least we got the answer of when it is coming out. Thank you, Carl. Hey, Rich, if you want to shell out the money for a copy of the BRD for everyone, fine. If not, don't spend our money for us. Some of us have much more important uses for our hard earned dough.

This thread was started on Nov. 26th (27th if eastern time). You replied to this thread over 4 1/2 days after it was started. You posted in the Obstruction or Interference thread on the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. It wasn't like you wern't around, for some reason just you didn't respond to this question.

And it was funny.

Go away Ives. You don't have to insult us. And who ever claimed he didn't know it besides WWTB?

(I) Popup on first base side, foul territory. F3 moves
to catch the ball, and either (a) trips and falls
headlong into coach's wheelchair, splitting his head open,
or, (b) Crashes into said "mobility device" at full speed,
doing any number of potential damages to himself, not to
mention the possibility of injury to "now mobile" coach.
In your examples a-h , these are all every-day injury
possibilities that every player faces. Example (i) is
not possible without the addition of the "mobility device",
an abnormality from the baseball diamond norm.
I would agree that I would not want a through h to happen
to me, but why would I wish for just one more thing
to have to worry about?

You did.

Go back and read your own post - the one time stamped Nov 29th, 2005 01:10 PM where you said:

"Carl had to go back and change it to say that a coach may use a wheelchair in the coach's box, for untill a couple days ago, he did not know that."

1) You're an umpire that doesn't need a reference on the rules?

2) Send me your US Mail address and I'll send you my 2005 copy after I get the 2006 version. I also have a 2004 version if anyone wants that one.

Thanks. I needed that. (grin)

I've never understood why it's fun to tweak the lion's nose. (another grin)

BTW: Concerning my article that came out today on the paid site: I'm surprised that one or more of the big dogs didn't comment on my distinctly "little dog" opinion of posts that ask simple, basic questions.

Maybe nobody read it.

1) I need all the help I can get. I just don't know if I can afford all the different manuals that are out there. I have other expenses, and I am not rich to begin with. I have been (blissfully) doing without extra interpretation manuals for 20 years now, but I would like to have them now that I am aware of them. I had always relied on the rule books, casebooks (proper spelling, WWTB, according to the MLBUM), and classroom discussions. I want to be the best umpire possible, so any extra help is appreciated.

2) I am sending you an e-mail with the info. Dibs on the 2005 version.

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There is no better resource than the BRD. And this comes from someone who hasn't exactly been chummy with Carl lately.

You should go back and check your post where you wrote: "It's hard to legitimately claim he didn't know it when it's published in his book."

My post was reconized by several other posters as a joke. A joke saying he doesn't know something is not "legitimately claiming" that he does not know something.

Ditto, Rich! The BRD has become one of my most valuable tools as I officiate under all 3 codes. Trying to keep all the rules straight was a royal pain. The advent of the BRD put it all together.

To those who question the BRD, it is not "another rule book". You still need all 3 (OBR, FED & NCAA) rule books. The BRD takes a rule and associates it to the 3 rule books, shows the differences and supplies the case book and "double-secret rulings" put forth the rule gods. The best part is that Carl cites the rule book and rule number references along with the case book reference numbers so you can look up the rule as needed. He added a second index to quickly locate a rule and has a detailed index at the end as always. I've had many occasions where a coach wanted to see a rule (in the parking lot, of course) and I use the BRD to tell me exactly which rule to go to.

Of course, there are those who use the "photographic memory" concept of officiating. To those who have that capability, more power to ya'! I know my rules, but when an explanation is needed be it in the parking lot, at an association meeting or at our mentor's group, the BRD has been one of my best tools. Besides, it makes good reading in the "reading room"! Our HS rules interpreter always said "If you take the rule book into the crapper with you, you'll read the damn thing twice and you might just learn something!"

I agree with Rich and others -- if you can only afford one reference manual, this should be the first one. This is true even if you only work under one rules code. I only hope my order goes through this year (Carl, Brad -- that's a hint to either (grammar alert -- It is wrong to ever split an infinitive) allow on-line ordering without registering for the site or allow phone ordering -- neither worked for me last January)

ok then, to clarify my original question....

the BRD edition for 2006 won't come out until late January then, right?

Right Large, between the end of January and the middle of February. Carl has to wait for the gods of the NCAA and the FED to finalize their changes. Carl usually lets us know when the BRD is ready.

Well, why didn't ya say so in the first place? :D

Well I read it. I'm not a big dog, so I can't meliorate your "surprise," but I would have thought that the big dogs were complaining more about little league questions, such as "are the hands part of the bat?" than about little dog questions, such as "is the BR out if a batted ball strikes a bat in fair ground?"

You got some nice plugs in this thread, Carl. You should keep bumping it every week until the 2006 BRD comes out (that stands for "Best Resource, Dammit!" doesn't it?) ;)

Mr. Byron,

You would be surprised at the number of high school and college coaches who think that the hands are part of the bat. It is much more than just a little league question. I don't know where people got that idea, sort of like a tie going to a runner, just one of those perpetuated baseball myths.

You are a boob.

A fine piece of work, annually renewed, a tad overpriced relative to wages uninflated, edge dulled by author's own commotions, but a tool nonetheless.....from a Tool!

Into the fray strode a new darkened warrior. Bereft of the weaponry necessary to adequately engage the master, he nonetheless threw down his gauntlet in a flaccid gesture......

It was a dark time for the Forum, indeed............

Tim.

TW
 

Wit and brevity...less is more...BW is conserved.

...nice touch.

The more we respond to trolls, the longer they reside here.

Are you sure he's in training and not Windy himself with another name?

Now you steal my name. I guess you had to have somewhere to go after Gary shut down the action at McGripes.

Anyone can post from multiple IP's. Rut has bragged that he posts from up to seven IPs. All you'll prove from checking the IP address is that you're as smart as Rut. You've already proved that your more literate. :D

What are the odds?
 

McGriffs is the premier troll site. To a troll, it's the crack cocaine of all boards. You just acknowledged that you're very familiar with McGriffs. What are the odds that an addicted troll like yourself has never posted there?

Why do I say addicted? You've made over 30 troll posts in your first day of posting. That's a serious addiction. No troll that I remember has ever made that many posts on his first day. And you want us to believe that you have been able to pass up the free troll drug that is McGriffs?

Addicts are known for their lying and self deception. You need to get in treatment.

Bob,
You and I almost never agree.

Read my posts carefully and you'll find that I am not shy about taking on challenges, usurping authority or defending my opinions. When I returned, I did so in a most compliant way. Even when you and I were at odds, I reminded you that we need to be civil. This board is being baited by a malcontent who has an equipment fetish.

Take a step back and see what he is trying to accomplish. There is a recourse - don't debate. If you notice, enough of his threads have warranted looks, but no responses. Patience...it shant be long.