1.   Although the rule book is mute on the etiquette of swamping, a common occurrence with all the paddling, it does include a warning on ramming.

2.   And therein lies the problem with the rule book.

3.   Baseball is trying to develop a computerized simulator that would enable umpires to practice calling strikes the way they are defined in the rule book.

4.   Baseball wants to make sure that pitches that are just off the outside or inside edge of the plate are called balls, as defined by the rule book.

5.   According to the rule book, a pitch two inches above the waist should be called a strike.

6.   Add it to the rule book.

7.   --After the way NBA worrywarts just tweaked the rule book for next year, why would Space Jam Man even consider a comeback?

8.   Burke said he told Campbell not to bother him with sanctions not in the rule book.

9.   But it hit him in fair territory, as he approached first, a gray area that even Palermo said the rule book offers little guidance on.

10.   But the rule book in this case should have been superseded by sportsmanship.