Unwritten rules violations

Great article.

As every hitter knows, there are consequences for breaking one of baseball's many unwritten rules.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, a perennial All-Star and Hall of Fame-caliber lightning rod, recently landed in the middle of controversy with a seemingly harmless jog across San Francisco's East Bay. When Rodriguez cut across the pitcher's mound during a game against Oakland, A's pitcher Dallas Braden took offense and ripped him for his lack of professional courtesy. The incident set off a major turf war and prompted some inflammatory back-and-forth in the papers.

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Yeah, but the Yankees are special so unwritten or even written rules don't count. They just buy their way out of any infractions if needed. I got this attitude from my husband who really really really doesn't like the Yanks and their cash flow. Can you tell?

I'm with you on the Yankees. Started off as Brooklyn Dodger many moons ago. Feelings still the same, but baseball no longer high on my list since the days of their strikes. As if they were not paid enough to hit a baseball?

But back to the unwritten rules issue. My speculation such rules evolved as an outgrowth of emotional incidents and then became entrenched without one truly knowing why. I'm reminded about the story of putting a turkey into a square pan but cutting off the tail before doing so. When asked why she did it, the gal replied that her mother alway did it that way. Long story short, the tail cutting went back another generation and was necessitated because grandmother's pan was too small for the turkey unless the tail was cut off. I believe, unwritten rules in sports have a similar story behind them and really do not serve a viable purpose.

Great analogy, Rock. Love the story! I think that holds true for many many things.

I just loved that article. Goose Gossage was such a bad ass.