Object: a rule book for a game like baseball or any sport that operates under the kind of management that an umpire or referee would have during a game
How many of you have gone to a baseball game lately and watched the umpire? Do you know who the umpire is? (Let them answer.) The umpire is the man in the blue suit or the fellow who is not dressed like the ball players. He acts like the boss. He tells you when you are safe or out, or when the pitch thrown is a ball or strike. The umpire is the boss, and when he knows all the rules and uses them correctly we have a good game. But can you imagine what it would be like if every umpire had his own rules? Suppose you were the umpire and you decided that it would make the game go faster if every ballplayer only got two strikes, and a team only …