Umpires spend far less time every year working to improve their baseball rules knowledge. For umpires, rules knowledge is critical in order to have the confidence to identify and enforce the rules correctly each and every time.
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Baseball Rules in Black and White
If mechanics and rules are both equally important parts of becoming a top rated umpire, then why the discrepancy in the amount of time spent between the two?
There are many reasons why umpires spend substantially more time improving their field mechanics. It can be fun, there is the interaction with peers, it's physical and mental, and you can immediately see what works and what doesn't. You are able to work on mechanics during games.
Rules not so much. Rules are not fun. They can be either irrelevant, challenging or redundant. Learning rules is cerebral with no immediate results and can create more questions than answers. There is one baseball rules subject that both coaches and umpires do agree on, that the iconic baseball rule book is deficient and because of it's dated format, tends to create as many problems as it resolves.
Isn't it about time we have a rule book that by comparison is not frustrating and addresses only relevant rules written in non-challenging reader friendly English? How about a format that creates more answers than questions, with less time scavenging through the rule book? If so, I just happen to have exactly what you are looking for. The choice is yours. You can continue struggling with a dated format or read, comprehend and retain Baseball Rules in Black and White.
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