The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime Paul Dickson Hardcover 256 pages 7.1 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.9 in T | 0.6 lb Wt When A-Rod distracts an opponent into an error; when a player “shows up” an umpire; when a brawl breaks out and someone brings a bat onto the field; when a commentator mentions the possibility of a no-hitter—in all of these cases, someone has violated one of the unwritten, immutable rules of baseball. Far more important than the written rulebook, these unspoken laws represent a set of time-honored customs, rituals and good manners that show a respect for the game, one’s teammates and one’s opponents. Filled with colorful anecdotes and examples, this book lay out the laws that every player, umpire, manager, scorekeeper, reporter, and fan needs to know.