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“ [Oakland A’s pitcher Dallas Braden] doesn’t make too many headlines with his results on the field, which was Alex Rodriguez and Joe Posnanski’s point: it’s a silly rule, and anyway Braden doesn’t have the stature to enforce it. The latter is a bit ad hominem, but the former seems reasonable. It probably is a silly rule. ¶ Then again, it’s a silly league, in which grown men put on matching shirts, pants and shoes and get paid millions of dollars to play a children’s game. So, to some extent, all the rules are arbitrary. ” -

Dallas Braden Attacks Alex Rodriguez Again. Is Baseball’s “Code” Really Still Relevant? by FanGraphs’ Alex Remington. 

FanGraphs is a silly blog about a silly league. I only ever read the articles about Blue Jays players and about baseball in general. Any more and I’m overwhelmed. This article pointed to The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca, which is no doubt a silly book. Which I’ve ordered from the library.