Thanks, Dakota, I'll probably buy it because I like to know everything I possibly can. All I meant by "unissued" was that it is not given out to all umpires, like the NFHS case book, therefore not a standard. If it was, we all would have the same cases and the same explanations for consistency.

My bad. Since you were looking online for the rules, I was under the impression you did not have a rule book.

I do have a question though. Does your ASA state staff not make the membership aware of the tools of the trade?

So is that new this year that they are not causes for ejection? I remember my first year of umpiring and I ejected a player for wearing his hat backward.

It would be proper to eject the player for refusing to follow the umpire's instructions and put the hat on properly, but not just for showing up with a hat on backwards. That's probably what you did, right?

Dakota--

Yeah...He had started the game in left field with his hat on backwards. I called time and told him that he needed to keep his hat on the right way. In the bottom of the inning he came to bat and turned his hat around backwards. I called time, told him I warned him once and now he can watch the rest of the game.

Speaking ASA

You probably really shouldn't "eject" a player for this, but just not allow them to participate, somewhat similar to a player which cannot hold onto the bat when hitting.