The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Michael Duca, Jason Turbow

The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

Michael Duca, Jason Turbow

294 pages first pub 2010 (view editions)

nonfiction history sports informative lighthearted slow-paced
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This book is ideal for baseball enthusiasts who relish behind-the-scenes insights into the sport's hidden traditions and the colorful, often humorous stories that shape its unspoken rules.

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Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. What truly governs the Major League game is a set of unwritten rules, some of which are openly discussed (don’t steal a ...

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