Follow the Code

You may be a walking encyclopedia on the official rules of baseball but do you know the unwritten ones? There is far more happening on the field than what most people realize.

Read these insider books where the players discuss the secrets behind the official game. Find out what they deem fair and unfair and what happens when the game's social rules are broken:

• The Baseball Codes : Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca.
• The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime by Paul Dickson.