FED UMPIRES Manual, Let's Start the rewrite

[Publius]

Originally Posted by bossman72

Here is the catch: you work CCA mechanics in your chapter. You work playoffs or with someone from another chapter and they work FED mechanics. Even though you pregame CCA mechanics, if you blow a rotation and subsequent call, YOU (the one who uses CCA) are in the wrong because you didn't use the FED standard (even though it sucks).

If you are saying:

1) the crew pre-gamed CCA mechanics, and
2) a missed call or rotation resulted from conflict borne of one umpire's use of the FED mechanic and another's use of the CCA mechanic; and
3) the umpire using the CCA mechanic is to blame for the foul-up...

I heartily disagree.

[bigbeardedbryan]

Originally Posted by bossman72

PA guys - we should submit something to "Uncle Marty" and ask him about changing the standard.

While we're at it, let's get him into the 19th century regarding uniform colors and white trim on shoes so that our rules interpreter can get off of that kick and on to learning rules he hasn't gotten to yet, like interference.

We enjoyed a 45-minute discussion at our last meeting about whether under Fed rules interference is an immediate dead ball and where runners should be placed because he "doesn't believe in the case book."

[Publius]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Why re-invent the wheel? The CCA and Redbook are both widely available and much, much better.

Glamour and Good Housekeeping are both better than Redbook.