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Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime
Pantheon
March 2010
On Sale: March 9, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 0375424695
EAN: 9780375424694
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 base with a big lead late in the game), and
some of which only a minority of players are even aware of
(don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way
to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes,
old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the
game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the
learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is
illuminating and thoroughly entertaining.
At
the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious
stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and
Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and
Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations
over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The
Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as
it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the
field.
With rollicking stories from the past
and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The
Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.
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