BR interference with catcher fielding bunt

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Originally Posted by GaryBarrentine

Mike,

There is no valid reason why all rule directions/execptions/interpretations should not be in a single rule book availiable to all. A coach should not have to buy an umpire's manual or attend a clinic in an attempt to understand the rules.

GaryB

Gary,

Is the black part of the plate?

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by GaryBarrentine

Mike,

There is no valid reason why all rule directions/execptions/interpretations should not be in a single rule book availiable to all. A coach should not have to buy an umpire's manual or attend a clinic in an attempt to understand the rules.

GaryB

Why shouldnt they?

Or why dont they conduct their own rules clinics?

At most rules clinics I attend.. mind you RULES CLINICS (open to all, like all clinic), you can count the number of coaches on 1 hand with fingers left over.

The vast majority are already overburdened just having to read the coaches edition.

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by GaryBarrentine

Without the rules you have no valid game, without a valid game there is nothing to coach to, so the only way to coach is to the rules!

Another coach who has either
1. not attended the prescribed ACE classes; or,
2. didn't pay attention at the ACE classes, but paid the $20 and has a certificate saying he attended.

I can assure you that if you attended the ACE classes you were supposed to attend and paid attention in the least, you wouldn't make a statement like that.

Again, I tell ya you can get the same copy of the rule book if you ask nicely. Your JO commissioner probably offered copies right before you dozed off. If you ask the way you have asked on this board, it should cost you at least 10 times the $9.95 asking price.