The Baseball Codes
Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and BenchClearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of Americas Pastime

This book is so far "inside baseball" that by the time you've finished reading it you've penetrated through the cowhide, made your way through a tangle of yarn, and bored into the cork center. Chapter after chapter provide a detailed guide to the unwritten rules of player etiquette -- everything fro......more

This is a quick, fun read. I have never understood the unwritten codes of baseball and I guess I still don't. But they exist nonetheless. The book at length discusses my least favorite unwritten code--that when a team has a lead that the other team thinks is "too much" the winning team should stop t......more

The Baseball Codes is an anecdotal catalog of the mostly unwritten do's and don'ts of professional baseball. The author provides a well detailed reciting of historical events throughout the years in baseball of the many entertaining personalities that have played the game. While it is an entertainin......more

Baseball is a game played by two opposing teams. Each team has nine players: pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, and three outfielders. People played some form of baseball since 1744, but modern rules came from Abner Doubleday. The object of the game is to scor......more

Easily the best book about baseball I’ve read in a decade - and I’ve read a few. Lively, funny and exceptionally well-written.......more