Partial Information Can Be Very Bad

I finally realized exactly why Baseball Rules in Black and White is a breakthrough in baseball rules resources unlike any other baseball rule book.

This analogy will help explain why. Let’s say I am a driving instructor, and my new driver is in the fast lane. I inform them that we are going to be changing lanes. I then tell them to signal right and turn the wheel into the other lane. Oops, because I left out important information (look over your shoulder & check your mirror) that is needed to safely change lanes we crashed,

                    Baseball Rules in Black and White Web Page  

Due to the way official rule books are written, it becomes very easy to miss important rule information. Many important rules that are critical to the final outcome of a play or game are randomly scattered throughout an official rule book. I call this unique style of rule book writing: a scavenger hunt format. This dangerous style of rule book writing causes thousands of problems every baseball season. This is how many thousands of umpires, coaches and fans become misguided, confused or ejected every baseball season, due to simply not having all the important rule information.  

                           Buy Baseball Rules in Black and White

Each rule topic in Baseball Rules in Black and White includes dozens of pertinent rules under one chapter (nineteen chapters total) that are vital to getting the call correct on the field, this is the goal of every umpire and should be for all rule books.