Wendelstedt Umpire School Manual

[Bulldog]

Does this mean the photocopy of the 2007 rule book we used this year is being replaced?

What next, two white T-shirts instead of just one?

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

So are there guys out there who haven't gone to umpire school that will buy one of these? for $60 is seems like a pretty fair priced manual for those who want to do it the "right" way... Am I crazy for wanting to buy one of these?

Not crazy just curious.

[jkumpire]

School did not cost that much when I went, and I almost got a job in pro ball. I was close. so yeah, it was worth every dime.

[UMP25]

Seems like just another way for Harry to milk guys for even more money. I hear Harry wants you to buy another one of these next year in the hopes you'll know even more.

[SAump]

Another book claims to be:

The World’s Only Complete Rewrite of Baseball’s Official Rules!

The World’s Only Baseball Rules Textbook!

Why would anyone make such a statement?

[johnnyg08]

thanks for the no help fellas...

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

thanks for the no help fellas...

Uh, Johnny- adjust the settings on your Sarcasm filter; then you'll see that you did get "help" above: "... just another way for Harry to milk $...." "...buy another one next year...".

The J/R is cheaper, and is the original re-write/textbook for pro rules; and a lot of us are waiting for the long-promised but not yet delivered digital JEA. Until someone [other than the author/publishers] actually recomends the Wendelstat tome - keep your wallet in your pants.

Oh, and Evans grads got better than 75% of the jobs taken by this year's class.

Originally Posted by SAump

Another book claims to be:

The World’s Only Complete Rewrite of Baseball’s Official Rules!

The World’s Only Baseball Rules Textbook!

Why would anyone make such a statement?

Referring to the Jaksa/Roder book. Why would someone make such a statement? Buy the book and find out.

The basis behind it is the fact that for OBR, at the time nobody had ever put together a comprehensive reference on rule interpretations - not even MLB.

People don't normally teach the rule book from a textbook point of view, going into all the minute details. If you get Roder's 100 problems book it explains 17 situations that can occur in MLB that are not even covered in the rule book. Rule books and case books change ever so slowly. With multiple references for any given situation, it is necessary to sort it all out. That's what the J/R manual does. I just got mine yesterday and am looking forward to reading it over and over.