Anyone know who's now publishing Official Baseball Rules?

[Don Mueller]

Originally Posted by UMP25

It's obvious you don't understand the first thing about assigning for a bunch of individuals who simply will not do what you propose. (A) It's cumbersome [the online book cannot be printed as a single file], (B) it's time consuming, (C) it's not as easy as having a book readily on hand.

It is human nature to want things provided as easily as possible, and while I disdain spoonfeeding people, there are certain instances when it's best to make things easier. One of these is providing rule books--not a collection of printouts from the Web, but traditional rule books.

Please restrict your unhelpful comments to another thread. This one is for a source from which to obtain the OBR book. I don't need a lecture from someone unable to understand what I am asking.

Johnny doesn't get it!
I on the other hand know exactly what you're looking for:
One leather bound OBR rules book for each umpire in your association individually boxed, labeled and shipped to their home, because if you know anything about human nature you know we don't want to go to meetings.
Each book of course will come pretabbed and labeled with your top 10 points of emphasis for the year because as we all know(except Johnny) most good umpires, like the ones in your association, most certainly need spoonfeeding.
Above all, we certainly don't want to get ripped off by the man. We can't have the publisher making a nickel off us, "WE'RE UMPIRES for HEAVENS SAKE" so you expect a fair price of $2.00 per book delivered.
So I'm with you on this one Ump
Get a life Johnny and stop trying to help when you have no idea what people are really looking for!!!

[Paul L]

The Triumph 2007 OBR book offers quantity discounts by contacting :
Triumph Books Inc.
542 South Dearborn Street, Suite 750
Chigago, IL 60605
Tel: 312-939-3330
Fax: 312-663-3557.

Although copyrighted 2006, it does contain the new rule about being out if batter leaves batting circle on D3K. So maybe it has the other changes as well.

Also, one can cut and paste all the MLB OBR sections to a single word processing file, and then print that file.

[johnnyg08]

i sure hope i'm sensing the sarcasm in your post...if it's serious...a comment isn't worth my time...personally, i think your post is great if meant to be funny. i'm sorry if i can't sleep at night if i get paid $90 to work a 2.5 hour game and i'm delivering a subpar performance on the field (still lots to learn) each and every game. that's the problem with our culture if that's your real stance...people want everything, but don't want to pay for anything...and in the same breath give me a 7% raise and pay for my health insurance as I smoke 4 packs a day.... I'm done...got a FED rules meeting to get to. to the rest of you out there who already have it all figured out...i aspire to be you someday...

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by Don Mueller

One leather bound OBR rules book for each umpire in your association individually boxed, labeled and shipped to their home, because if you know anything about human nature you know we don't want to go to meetings.
Each book of course will come pretabbed and labeled with your top 10 points of emphasis for the year because as we all know(except Johnny) most good umpires, like the ones in your association, most certainly need spoonfeeding.
Above all, we certainly don't want to get ripped off by the man. We can't have the publisher making a nickel off us, "WE'RE UMPIRES for HEAVENS SAKE" so you expect a fair price of $2.00 per book delivered.
So I'm with you on this one Ump
Get a life Johnny and stop trying to help when you have no idea what people are really looking for!!!

Finally! Someone who gets it.

And with that, since my original question appears to have been answered much earlier by someone other than one who had nothing better to do than offer condescending opinions, I'll ask my friend Professor Jenkins to close this thread.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Finally! Someone who gets it.

And with that, since my original question appears to have been answered much earlier by someone other than one who had nothing better to do than offer condescending opinions, I'll ask my friend Professor Jenkins to close this thread.

sweet...let me know if you save more than $1 per book.

[UMP25]

You DO have fun changing your posts every few seconds, don't you?

[johnnyg08]

the one i originally put there wasn't very nice...no it's not fun but i think you might have rabbit ears...you're very quick to reply...careful, that can get you into trouble on the diamond. thanks for the debate...i'm glad you were able to find your book.

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

the one i originally put there wasn't very nice...

That's OK. I just considered the source.