Unwritten rules of baseball

The rules of baseball, both written and unwritten, have evolved over time, with customs changing across generations, clubs, competition levels, and countries. The official rules have ensured the sport’s continuity over the decades. Baseball’s unofficial conventions, traditions, and rules of etiquette—often referred to as “The Code”—have helped foster a common love of and respect for the sport among people of widely different ethnic, cultural, or religious backgrounds who play the sport in the United States...