AaronK Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Hi everyone. Aspiring umpire here looking for the best *current*, up-to-date book to learn the rules of baseball. Does such a book even exist? What do you all recommend? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richvee Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Are you looking for in depth rules and the like, or are you looking for basic rules of the game for beginners? A quick google search will net you many options https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=37ce62a78f8cfe72&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIJ4fDo8od94P2m3lGAKf4EtYRPz0w:1721931135348&q=Baseball+rules+for+beginners&udm=28&fbs=AEQNm0AVbySjNxIXoj6bNaq7uSpw-2eW7KIQ8H4T_tEPJYsPzOi5GKsV0RKGmy84LfyUxrn0TsF-6XAuJl2imjY-p9byfaOEPLV-U7Xflz55m7T9Fh-vPolTp_IXJfsBr4UYxosbS1FvnKMn8EguWeCYLVBXwQ1v60jCGrV1_Rh0LBqPXw72L5RDH2_Tw3VvBQqRzIqu2Xasuy9LyMjUKaptpthLY325Cw&ved=1t:220175&ictx=111&biw=1366&bih=599&dpr=1#ip=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richvee Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 or this https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2024-official-baseball-rules.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronK Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 Looking for more in-depth, like a textbook that would be used for a course in umpiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimurray Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 4 hours ago, AaronK said: Looking for more in-depth, like a textbook that would be used for a course in umpiring. Try this app: Baseball Rules in Black and White App Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeingEyeDog Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 One of the first non-rule book baseball books I ever got when I was a kid was called something like "Baseball Rules Illustrated". It did not cover everything of course but, for a kid who was and still is a visual learner, that book was extremely helpful. It was a large format book with wonderful hand drawn illustrations showing the various aspects of plays and rules. Of course, it would be horribly out of date now with all of the rule changes and modifications over the ensuing years. I'm sure there are very similar publications still in existence today and many have been listed above. @AaronK, in addition to any books about the rules of baseball, the rule books themselves as well as printed umpire manuals...I would of course encourage you to Google or YouTube search each rule you have a question about. There are lots of good online resources but beware...there are lots of sub-optimal/terrible online resources that do not convey the rules correctly. Fortunately, this forum (Umpire-Empire) is also here for your use. I'm sure I speak for all of the umpire brothers here when I say...we want to get the call right. So, when you post a rules related question here you will get some of the best, most concise baseball rule citations and interpretations available on the internet today. Make sure when you post a question related to the rules that you tell us the related rule book you want an answer for. As I'm sure you can imagine, different baseball rulebooks will have different rules big and small... ~Dawg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyg08 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 There was a time 10-ish years ago where there was pretty good access to professional training manuals. Right now, that time is gone...but maybe it will cycle back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 Not a book, but if you're a visual learner, Take a look at ump-app.com - very comprehensive and well researched and produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velho Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 This is good and includes history of rules (it is dated so some rules have changed but it's a good foundation). https://www.abebooks.com/9781558212800/Rules-Baseball-Nemec-David-1558212809/plp On 7/25/2024 at 9:30 PM, SeeingEyeDog said: Baseball Rules Illustrated One of these? https://www.amazon.com/Official-Rules-Baseball-Illustrated/dp/1592288448 https://www.amazon.com/Official-Rules-Baseball-Illustrated/dp/168358323X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbdumb Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 On 7/25/2024 at 2:22 PM, Richvee said: or this https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2024-official-baseball-rules.pdf now you know the one below is the one you and bill klem used growing up together https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/knotty-problems-of-baseball/18363567/item/53594691/?mkwid=|dt&pcrid=77447028535962&pkw=&pmt=be&slid=&product=53594691&plc=&pgrid=1239149900235309&ptaid=pla-4581046491396412&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+Low+Vol+Backlist+-+%2450+&utm_term=&utm_content=|dt|pcrid|77447028535962|pkw||pmt|be|product|53594691|slid||pgrid|1239149900235309|ptaid|pla-4581046491396412|&msclkid=7a41a2c0516a1286f16ac473141ab212#idiq=53594691&edition=30415567 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velho Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 5 hours ago, dumbdumb said: now you know the one below is the one you and bill klem used growing up together Hey! I have that one on my shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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