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

Name: Baseball Codes Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls - The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime
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ISBN: 9780375424694

ISBN-10: 0375424695

ISBN-13: 9780375424694

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jason Turbow, Michael Duca

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Hilarious, surprising, and vastly entertaining,The Baseball Codesuncovers the hidden rules of baseball. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of complicated rules, but it turns out to be even more complex than we realize. InThe Baseball Codes,Jason Turbow and Michael Duca take us behind the scenes of the great American pastime. Players talk about the game as they never have before, breaking the code of secrecy that surrounds so much of baseball, both on the field and in the clubhouse. We learn why pitchers sometimes do retaliate when one of their teammates is hit by a pitch and other times let it go. We hear about the subtle forms of payback that occur when a player violates the rules out…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/9/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Jason Turbow has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, SportsIllustrated.com, and Slam magazine. He is a regular contributor to Giants Magazine and Athletics, and for three years served as content director for ï¿½Giants Today,ï¿½ a full-page supplement in the San Francisco Chronicle that was published in conjunction with every Giants home game. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children. Read The Baseball Codes blog: www.thebaseballcodes.com Become a fan of The Baseball Codes: www.facebook.com/baseballcodes Follow The Baseball Codes: twitter@BaseballCodes



Introduction



On The Field



Know When to Steal'Em



Running into the Catcher



Tag Appropriately



Intimidation



On Being Intimidated



Slide into Bases Properly



Don't Show Players Up



Responding to Records



Gamesmanship



Mound Conference Etiquette



Retaliation



Retaliation



The Wars



Hitters



Off the Field



Cheating



Sign Stealing



Don't Peek



Sign Stealing (Stadiums)



If You're Not Cheating, You're Not Trying



Caught Brown-Handed



Teammates



Don't Talk About a No-Hitter in Progress



Protect Yourself and Each Other



Everybody Joins a Fight



The Clubhouse Police


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index