“Jaksa/Roder” Manual and BRD

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I have both, but they are both seriously out of date. The J/R is from the early 1990s, and the BRD is a hand-me-down from Rich Ives, and is the 2005 version.

Do they update them periodically? I know the BRD they do but does J/R?

-Josh

[bossman72]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Do they update them periodically? I know the BRD they do but does J/R?

-Josh

J/R updated in 07 or 08, which is the version I got...

I would purchase BRD before J/R though

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jdmara

Do they update them periodically? I know the BRD they do but does J/R?

-Josh

The J/R I have is woefully inaccurate. I will have to break down and buy a new one for next season.

[greymule]

I find more useful Baseball Rules for Idiots, by T. McCarver and J. Morgan.

[JR12]

Originally Posted by greymule

i find more useful baseball rules for idiots, by t. Mccarver and j. Morgan.

lol!!!

[briancurtin]

I know what both publications are, but I'm not going to pay for either one of them unless they were up to date and of a better price range.

[DG]

My J/R is 2008 edition. I buy an update about every 4 years. My BRD is 2008 edition. I buy an update about every 2 years. I also have a Study Guide: College Baseball Rules from 2005. If serious about getting to know rules better, and work games with different rule sets, you need both J/R and BRD.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by briancurtin

I know what both publications are, but I'm not going to pay for either one of them unless they were up to date and of a better price range.

The BRD is $29 and J/R is $39 from Gerry Davis. Those are pretty fairly priced considering their content. I have one book at work that is about Data Warehousing by Ralph Kimball which runs about $60. That sounds like a lot of money for a book until you realize that Ralpha Kimball is considered a leading expert in the field of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing.

Let's not even talk about some of the text books I purchased while in college that I used for just a quarter. The BRD seems downright cheap in comparison.

I didn't know about the BRD, JR Manual, PBUC, etc until I started posting on the various forums. Once I bought and read some of them, I don't know how I umpired without them.

[mbyron]

Don't forget that the purchase of those books is tax deductible, which for some of us is like a 15% discount.