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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 dont steal a base with a big lead late in the game, and some of which only a minority of players are even aware of dont cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batters box. In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the games most hallowedand least knowntraditions. 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.
About the Author
Jason Turbow is the author of They Bled Blue (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2019) ; Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) ; and The Baseball Codes (Pantheon, 2010) . He's written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated, among other publications. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
