THE BASEBALL CODES Reveals the Unwritten Rules of the Sport
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Mar 11 2010, 2:03 PM
"The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca is the tome that promises to unveil the countless unwritten rules of baseball. According to Yahoo News, the book describes, "Major League Baseball as a complex, intricate game with a thick rule book that covers everything from balks and bunts to force plays and foul tips. MLB's 'Official Rules' is a thorough and well-considered treatise that governs America's pastime. These
principles are 'less strategic than moral' and 'collectively drive the
game, forming not just a code but the Code, the ultimate measure used
to shape ballplayers' attitudes toward themselves, each other, and the
game they play'."
Over at The Huffington Post, they are calling the book, "At its core, 'The Baseball Codes' is a fun read because of
the dozens of great stories that detail how the game really is played –
tales of bench-clearing, headhunting, bat-flipping and sign-stealing. Turbow and his collaborator, Michael Duca, conducted hundreds of
interviews and did exhaustive research, and it results in some shocking
and hilarious anecdotes that are so outlandish you'd think they were
made up. Turbow pulls back the curtain and breaks through the game's shroud of
secrecy to deliver a grand slam of a book – timed to the start of
spring training when the latest generation of code-adherents brush up
not only on baseball's official rules but also the ones known only to
those who play the game.
Sounds like a must read for all baseball fans!
"The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" is published by Pantheon Books.
"The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca is the tome that promises to unveil the countless unwritten rules of baseball. According to Yahoo News, the book describes, "Major League Baseball as a complex, intricate game with a thick rule book that covers everything from balks and bunts to force plays and foul tips. MLB's 'Official Rules' is a thorough and well-considered treatise that governs America's pastime. These principles are 'less strategic than moral' and 'collectively drive the game, forming not just a code but the Code, the ultimate measure used to shape ballplayers' attitudes toward themselves, each other, and the game they play'."
Over at The Huffington Post, they are calling the book, "At its core, 'The Baseball Codes' is a fun read because of
the dozens of great stories that detail how the game really is played –
tales of bench-clearing, headhunting, bat-flipping and sign-stealing. Turbow and his collaborator, Michael Duca, conducted hundreds of
interviews and did exhaustive research, and it results in some shocking
and hilarious anecdotes that are so outlandish you'd think they were
made up. Turbow pulls back the curtain and breaks through the game's shroud of
secrecy to deliver a grand slam of a book – timed to the start of
spring training when the latest generation of code-adherents brush up
not only on baseball's official rules but also the ones known only to
those who play the game.
Sounds like a must read for all baseball fans!
"The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" is published by Pantheon Books.
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