April 13th, 2012Top StoryBaseball's Unwritten Rules, Uncovered After 26 YearsBy Erik Malinowski A few weeks ago, I found myself in Austin and happened upon one of these flea market-type warehouses. It's like a ginormous, impersonal yard sale: People come with their stuff, set it up in their little station, put a price tag on everything, and hope it eventually sells. As it turns out, one of these dealers had an area that was filled with sports memorabilia, unopened packs of cards, pins and programs, all sorts of cool crap. Before long, I made the ultimate discovery. Somehow, after living the shadows for 26 years, I unearthed a long-lost copy of Baseball Digest, June 1986 issue. Right there on the cover: THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL. Surely this was a hoax, was all I could think. But it most definitely was real, and they sold it to me for just $1.50 (a whole quarter off the $1.75 cover price). Just to give you a reminder as to what the baseball world was like in 1986, here are some of the other headlines from this issue: • What Eddie Murray Needs For Recognition Is A Flashy Nickname! (page 13) • The Best Is Yet To Come for the Mets' Sid Fernandez (page 27) • Pete Rose's Final Image: One of Greatness or Fading Skills? (page 29) • Bob Feller Would Like To Work Against Today's Hitter (page 55) • Bob Dernier: Captain of the Cubs Outfield (page 58) • The San Francisco Giants: In Search of Past Glory (page 71) All gems, let me tell you. The must-read, however, is on the 30 unwritten rules, conveniently presented in written form and reprinted here for all posterity.
Great! Now that we know all of that, everyone get out there and win some baseball games. |
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Baseball's Unwritten Rules, Uncovered After 26 Years
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