Wendelstedt Umpire School Manual
 

For anyone interested, we have recently begun offering a new umpire manual to the general public. It is both a rules and mechanics manual. The pre-sale has already begun. You may see what is has to offer you at www.umpireschool.com/manual_page.htm. You may also contact the school with further questions or comments at [email protected].

The Wendelstedt Staff

what do you guys know about this?? is this legit? I want to send this to my assn' board members, but I don't want to send them SPAM...thanks fellas

It's straight off the school's website, so it would seem to beas legit as it can get.

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?

Geez, What is up with this
 

I went to Harry's a long time ago, and our manual was the set of notes we took every day in our class study.

Oh well, if it makes some cash for the school, okay.... but I still have my notebook from years ago, and i think that's a better way to learn than a $60 manual.

$60 = a little cheaper than $3000 for umpire school...no?

Show me the money
 

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?

Not crazy just curious.

Didn't pay $3K
 

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.

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.

Can't be right
 

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?

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.

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.