There are unwritten rules everywhere. They pervade almost every aspect of
life in some way: at work, while driving, in line at the grocery store, and of
course, in sports. And in the sporting world, I'd wager baseball has more
unwritten rules than any other.
Initially, this was going to cover all of baseball's unwritten
rules, but then I started researching, and frankly, I don't want to write (you
definitely don't want to read) 50,000 words about arcane - and ultimately
stupid - ungovernable rules that most people don't even know about. (For
example: "Don't walk over the mound". Seriously, that's an unwritten
rule. Sometimes baseball has to GTFO.)
Therefore, here are the top six unwritten rules that seem to pop up more
often: