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The resources are listed by category with the primary criteria being
that the information and/or service provided must have some relation to Baseball Rules or Officiating.
Web
- John Skiltons
Baseball Links
- Look here for all of your Baseball needs on the Web!! There is an excellent
section dedicated to links to Umpire and Rules pages. No Baseball Link page can be complete without this site.
- Jim's
Baseball Rules Answers
- A site dedicated to providing Rules information and interpretations,
spend some time going through the page and get your rules questions answered here in a timely manner.
- Eteamz: Baseball Rules
- The area on the Eteamz site dedicated to Baseball Rules - both OBR and Federation. A very good place to start for any of your Baseball Rules needs.
- Major Leage Baseball Official
Baseball Rules
- You will need to select the rule you are interested in reading or use the search option. MLB seems to significantly change the rules page every couple of years (usually the changes are not for the better), you will probably be better-off going to the Eteamz site than using this one.
- Amateur
Baseball Umpire Home Page
- Excellent overall resource for Baseball Umpires at all levels. You will
find recommendations for equipment, books, tips on mechanics, etc..
- Handling the Rhubarbs
- An interesting "baseball" site from the Netherlands in both
English and Dutch hosted by Erick Barkhuis. Among other things International Baseball Tournament information and
links and general information about baseball in the Netherlands. Erick retired the weekly rules Quiz in April 1999
after a glorious run of more than two and one half years. I want to thank Erick for the thought provoking questions
that he wrote for those quizzes as well as his permission to include them in the Interactive Quiz portion of this
site.
- The Referee/Umpire
Home Page
- General resource for officials of all sports.
- Rutherford
NJ Little League
- Look for the "Rules" link on the Homepage for
a summary of the most important differences between Little League rules and the official rules of baseball.
- NASO (National Association
of Sports Officials)
- NASO is the only national organization solely dedicated to officiating
with membership at all levels of sport.
- NFHS (National Federation
of State High School Associations)
- The Official national site for High School activities and athletics.
There is only superficial information about Federation Baseball rules on this site but it does give you a source
for purchasing various rules related publications. Look for "Focus on the Rules" on the home-page.
Books/Publications
- 1999 Official Rules of Major League Baseball (ISBN:1-57243-143-1)
- The official rulebook of MLB. Available through most major book sellers.
- N.A.P.B.L. Umpire Manual (ISBN:1-57243-259-4)
- A plethora of information for all umpires with Rules Interpretations,
Policies, General Practices, Mechanics and more. A good addition to anyone interested in baseball rules/umpiring
beyond the rules book.
- Make the Right Call (ISBN:1-57243-112-1)
- This is another guide to Rules Interpretations and is officially endorsed
by MLB. They differentiate case book rulings between the American and National Leagues, of course this sometimes
causes some confusion. Overall, I recommend this book for anyone interested in better understanding the rules.
- Hey
Blue!
- Excellent monthly Umpires newsletter. Contact Information:
Kent Walker, Publisher
Strike Three Publishing
152 MacRae Dr., R.R.#3
Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7J7
Canada
Phone: (902)
566-3152 - Fax:
(902) 566-2408
$20 for 12 issues, Free issue and subscription info upon request
Link to the Hey
Blue! Web Site to subscribe.
E-mail: Kent
Walker at kwalker@pei.sympatico.ca
- Referee Magazine
- Excellent magazine that is read by more than 77,000 officials, coaches,
administrators and the media every month and is the only monthly publication devoted to sports officiating. Visit
their web site and subscribe to the magazine. You may consider joining NASO and receive a free subscription
to Referee.
Usenet
- rec.sport.officiating
- This is the primary forum for discussions of interest to officials of all sports. Examples
of acceptable topics for discussion include rules, mechanics, working with your partner(s), skills development,
mental aspects of officiating, philosophies for penalty/discipline administration, legal aspects of officiating,
the exchange of war stories, and officiating humor.
Send email to links@hcaweb.com to submit other resources
along with a detailed description for consideration to be placed on this page.
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