J/R Manual

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by greymule

But these books (and this forum) have helped make me a vastly better umpire.

I have actually found that some of the things I have learned on this forum are more advanced than what most of my colleagues are used to. That is still a compliment to this forum.

[mick]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

I have actually found that some of the things I have learned on this forum are more advanced than what most of my colleagues are used to. That is still a compliment to this forum.

And you wrote, "Many of its [J/R] interpretations differ from how most umpires would rule on plays."

"Colleagues" and "most umpires" are the same guys aren't they.
I detect a common theme.

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by mick

And you wrote, "Many of its [J/R] interpretations differ from how most umpires would rule on plays."

"Colleagues" and "most umpires" are the same guys aren't they.
I detect a common theme.

My bad. I should have said that the J/R manual differs from how some umpires would rule on plays.

[BretMan]

And, perhaps, instead of "many" of the interpretations you should have said "a few".

There are hundreds of interpretations in the Jaksa/Roder manual. Only a tiny fraction of those were ever different from the OBR or Evans rulings. Some of those have been edited in recent editions so that they are now all in agreement.

How many of the interpretations are different today? A couple? A few?

Certainly not "many".

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by BretMan

And, perhaps, instead of "many" of the interpretations you should have said "a few".

There are hundreds of interpretations in the Jaksa/Roder manual. Only a tiny fraction of those were ever different from the OBR or Evans rulings. Some of those have been edited in recent editions so that they are now all in agreement.

How many of the interpretations are different today? A couple? A few?

Certainly not "many".

That's the other thing. Why do they charge us $60 for a book that literally falls apart, then come out with a more correct version the next year?

[mick]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

That's the other thing. Why do they charge us $60 for a book that literally falls apart, then come out with a more correct version the next year?

My J/R is dated 1995.