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Which of these in baseball’s unwritten rules do you disagree with?
1.0. Don’t embarrass yourself, your teammates or your opponent.
1.1. Never show up an umpire on balls and strikes.
1.2. Never steal a base when leading by a bunch of runs. Rickey Henderson was the all-time offender, once taking second base with the Brewers’ defense playing back and his team leading 12-5 in the seventh inning. "There are certain things you don’t do," Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes said. "You don’t stop competing; what you stop doing is manufacturing runs."
1.3. Never show up an opposing pitcher after hitting a home run off him. This is includes such no-nos as Ruben Sierra’s funky-chicken dance step and Jeffrey Leonard’s one flap down. Taking a long time to get around the bases is considered taboo. Scott Rolen of the Cardinals is one who does it the right way — drop the bat and run around the bases.
1.4. Always run onto the field in support of your teammates or players after a fight breaks out. Indians manager Charlie Manuel once was suspended for two games for running onto the field from the clubhouse.Manuel had been ejected from the game but said he could not in good conscience stay in the clubhouse while his players were throwing haymakers.
1.45. Don’t fraternize with opposing players.
1.45. (a) Players who don’t run onto the field in support, or who fraternize with opposing players, shall be fined by a kangaroo court.
1.45. (b) Kangaroo courts shall exist in every major league clubhouse and operate by their own set of unwritten rules. See Jay Buhner, Mariners, 1988-2001.
2.0. Play the game the right way.
2.1. Never lay down a bunt to break up a no-hitter. Ben Davis, then with the Padres, did this against Curt Schilling, then with the Diamondbacks, in the eighth inning of a 2001 game. The single brought the tying run to the plate, but Davis was heavily criticized — even his manhood was called into question. "Ben Davis is young and has a lot to learn," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. "That was just uncalled for."
2.2. When breaking up a double play, always go in with a clean slide. Rangers catcher Pudge Rodriguez went out of his way to take out Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel in 1994; Vizquel suffered torn knee ligaments, spent seven weeks on the DL, and the Indians were fighting mad.
2.3. Always throw a fastball on a 3-0 count.
2.35. Never swing at a 3-0 pitch when your team has a comfortable lead.Vladimir Guerrero swung at a 3-0 offering in a 2001 game against the Mets with his team leading 10-0, and pitcher Turk Wendell promptly drilled him.
2.4. Never put the tying or go-ahead run on first base.
2.45. Unless you are playing the Giants and Barry Bonds represents the tying or go-ahead run.
2.5. Never make the first or third out of an inning at third base.
2.6 Always run out ground balls, even routine ones. Hustle in, hustle out. This rule does not apply to all; Ken Griffey Jr., for example, never read the unwritten rules during his stay with the Mariners.
2.7. Never interrupt a pitcher’s focus by talking to him before a start.
2.75. Applicable to broadcasters and players alike, never mention "no-hitter" when a pitcher has one working.
2.8. Never steal another team’s signs — or at least never get caught doing so. It is particularly taboo for the batter to peek at the catcher’s signs from the batter’s box. Stealing signs from second base is considered gamesmanship but still requires retribution.
2.9. Pitchers must work inside to keep opposing batters honest but must never throw at a batter’s head.
2.95. Pitchers must retaliate for egregious acts committed by opposing pitchers.
This question is redundant and inaccurate.
The rule against fraternizing is written in the MLB Rule Book
Rule Number 3.09
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Softball, my love
As the front window of our one story house, in Wildomar, lay shattered in a thousand pieces, my mom runs in only to shout, “Put that down!” I was only about three at the time, but it was the first time I had ever held a softball bat, but unquestionably not the last.
I don’t recall ever really wanting to play a sport, but on my fourth birthday, my dad decided that he wanted me to play softball for Menifee Valley Girls T-ball. I still remember the day so well, even at such a young age. As soon as I stepped out onto that newly cut landscaped field, with my brand-new equipment, I knew I had fallen in love-with softball.
I had no idea how to play the game, let alone how to throw a ball. During the first few practices, my head was spinning out of control trying to learn how to run the bases, catch a slowly-hit grounder, and other difficult-at-the-time plays. And I didn’t like the sport, not at all. But I stuck to it because the Rose family isn’t quitters. My family has always told me to never give up. And I never did, which really helped me throughout life, too, and not just on the field. Thank God or I wouldn’t be where I am today.
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I’m now fifteen years old and still struggling from an excruciatingly painful back injury, still play softball to this day. Doesn’t matter if I’m in pain or not, nothing can keep me from playing the game I love. My coaches, and my teammates, mean a lot to me, probably because they share the same interest as me. Not only that, but they help me when I don’t quit get a certain drill. They help me cope with problems and have the ability to assist me to gain my strength not only physically, but mentally as well. Also, they guide me to pursue my future in getting a softball scholarship and maybe one day playing in the 2016 Softball Olympics in Denmark.
I love softball, period. And I couldn’t imagine my life without it. The blood-tingling, hair-raising, mind-blowing, yet strenuous and challenging game is on my mind, twenty-four-seven. It has made me a better person in ways only some could come to realize. It has taught me that I’m not always the center of attention, life’s not always going to go the way I want it to, to stand up for myself, strength, leadership, and above-all, courage. It has taught me most not to fear anything; to just overcome that fear. And as a cunning man once stated, “Never let the fear or striking out keep you from playing the game,” or how I interpret it: Embrace failure as a learning tool of life. Learn from your mistakes. It keeps me intact on my everyday challenges. So, basically, everyone was put on Earth for a reason. Everyone was bound to do something with their life. Mine just so happens to play an exquisite game of pure bravery and knowledge only few could manage: Softball, my love.
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