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The umpire is not ejecting for showing him a rule book, the ejection is for attempting to show up the umpire. Someone that walks out of the dugout waving a rule book telling the umpire he's wrong should be ejected.
That is a completely different scenario from consulting the rule book to rule on a protest.
Thanks Ajaywill.... I'm getting back to coaching summer ball after a 6 year sabbatical and I wanted to make sure a rule hadn't changed and I'll get thrown out for pulling the ASA Participant manual out of my backpack to check something in the rules supplement!