ASA Rule Book binding

[Dakota]

The binding idea (Kinkos, Staples, whatever) is a solution, but it should be unnecessary, and it doubles the cost of the book each year. Before last year, the book would be battered, dog-eared, back broken, marked up, etc., but it held together.

Now, all you have to do is open it to more than a 45 degree angle, and pages break away from the binding. Cheap, cheap, cheap. I guess ASA saved a nickel per copy with the low bidder for publishing their book, but in the process, only made the book useful for those who drop it in the bottom of their equipment bag and never use it.

Go back to your previous printer, ASA, or crack down on the shoddy workmanship of the current printer.

ASA has made the Case Book so it can be used... how about doing the same for the rule book? Offer a $double price rule book with a loose leaf binder, and tabs for each rule, the POE section, the index, and the umpire manual sections. Then, offer annual refills at the current paperback price. I'd go for that.