| Earlier I wrote an article about unwritten rules in | | | | and they got their manhood questioned – |
| baseball. You won’t find these rules in any | | | | even by their own team! |
| rulebook, but still most baseball players abide by | | | | 2. Don’t swing at a 3-0 pitch when your |
| them. And if they don’t, they will lose | | | | team is comfortably ahead. This kind of goes |
| respect by anyone affiliated with Major League | | | | along with not stealing bases when your team is |
| Baseball. | | | | way ahead. If the other team is struggling and |
| Here are a few examples of those unwritten | | | | you are blowing them out of the park, have |
| rules. | | | | mercy on the pitcher who can’t even throw |
| 1. Never lay down a bunt to break up a | | | | a strike. Just let him lollypop one in there to get |
| no-hitter. Now personally I don’t really | | | | it over the plate. |
| understand this rule. Imagine this. You and your | | | | 3. Never intentionally walk the tying or go-ahead |
| team have been completely dominated all game | | | | run. This just makes strategic sense. The |
| long by a pitcher who has his best stuff. You | | | | average hitter doesn’t even have a 3 out of |
| are struggling to get anyone on base and try to | | | | 10 chance of getting a hit, so don’t make it a |
| score some runs. But just because this pitcher is | | | | 10 out of 10 chance by putting the batter on first |
| pitching so well, you can’t use one of the | | | | yourself. Unless you are Barry Bonds. Then |
| basic methods of getting on base – the bunt. | | | | teams will do it because they don’t want to |
| But I do know that some players have | | | | see him beat them with one of his patented |
| attempted a bunt late in the stages of a no-hitter, | | | | home runs. |