Does ASA require "continuing ed?"

[IamMatt]

Thanks, I figured if there was certification by a sanctioning body there would be some sort of requirement for keeping up with rule changes. Of course in every profession there is a wide range of abilities, so just requiring an annual clinic is no panacea.

Fortunately, his not being up to date on the definition of Foul Tip did not make any difference or result in a bad call; the ball went both "sharply and directly from the bat to the catcher's mitt" AND did not go "higher than the batter's head" so it was a Foul Tip under both the old and new definitions.

AtlUmpSteve, I actually did want an answer; sorry if I said something that made it appear otherwise. If an annual clinic is required to keep up with rule changes, it seems he was a couple of years behind. If an update clinic were required, say, only every 5 years, the rule could have changed between his updates.