Unwritten: Behind Baseball's Secret Rules

Unwritten Rules were once again on full display during MLB’s 2022 season. Jimmy & Ron review and rule on the biggest incidents of the season - plus they answer listener questions on the current state of some of baseball’s biggest Unwritten Rules.

As baseball’s postseason approaches, how do the Unwritten Rules change or do they? Jimmy and Ron discuss the biggest Unwritten Rules of the playoffs.

7-time All-Star SS Michael Young has gone from the field to the Rangers front office. He joins Ron & Jimmy to discuss all the different unwritten rules surrounding contracts, free agency, arbitration and all things $$ in MLB.

Ron & Jimmy get into spitballs, pine tar, sticky stuff and all sorts of equipment edges players try to take advantage of. What’s fair game and what’s too far?

Albert Pujols joins the show again to discuss player / manager relationships. Ron & Albert on what it’s like to play for Tony LaRussa; Jimmy on getting benched by Charlie Manuel. And what is the ideal player / manager dynamic?

Jimmy & Ron go over everything from who controls the music to clubhouse fights and the dynamic with the clubhouse attendants. Plus the time Jimmy & Cliff Lee almost came to blows in the Phillies clubhouse.

Jimmy and Ron dive into the art of trash talking - on and off the field - and name the best trash talkers in the game. One of them might be Jimmy, who started a war of words with the Mets in 2007 by calling the Phillies the ‘team to beat." And the Mets never recovered. 

Road trips, card games, plane seating, shopping and the best cities to go out in. Ron & Jimmy talk about it all and there is no better guest than Ryan Dempster to discuss the Unwritten Rules of the Road - and where to get a limo if you're in LA.

Ron & Jimmy dive into all the different dynamics of sign stealing. Jomboy - Jimmy O’Brien - exposed the Astros sign stealing scandal and explains how he figured it out. Plus Jomboy’s cutting edge approach to creating baseball content and the three discuss what’s fair game and what’s too far when it comes to sign stealing.

Ron and Jimmy discuss the Unwritten rules of how to act as a rookie…and how to treat rookies. Albert Pujols joins the show to tell the story of how he thought he got sent down when he made the team and his journey from rookie to superstar veteran.