An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments. Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. All aspects of baseball—hitting, pitching, and baserunning—are affected by the Code, a set of unwritten rules that governs the Major League game. Some of these rules are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in the game), while others are known only to a minority of players (don’t cross between the catcher and the pitcher on the way to the batter’s box). In The Baseball Codes, old-timers and all-time greats share their insights into the game’s most hallowed—and least known—traditions. For the learned and the casual baseball fan alike, the result is illuminating and thoroughly entertaining. At the heart of this book are incredible and often hilarious stories involving national heroes (like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) and notorious headhunters (like Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale) in a century-long series of confrontations over respect, honor, and the soul of the game. With The Baseball Codes, we see for the first time the game as it’s actually played, through the eyes of the players on the field. With rollicking stories from the past and new perspectives on baseball’s informal rulebook, The Baseball Codes is a must for every fan.

The Codes & Cheats Winter 2008 Edition includes over 18,000 codes, cheats, and unlockables for over 1,500 of the most popular current and next-gen games on the biggest platforms, including PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360! Infinite lives, invincibility, all items, and hidden content are at your fingertips. Our largest code jump EVER! We have added almost 500 new games and over 2,000 new codes! New for this edition: Wii Virtual Console game codes! All your favorites brought back for the Wii! Includes codes for: PS3: Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire, NBA 07, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ratatouille Wii: Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, Medal of Honor: Vanguard, My Sims, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Wii Virtual Console: Altered Beast, R-Type, Fatal Fury, Galaga '90, Virtual Fighter 2, Adventure Island Nintendo DS: FIFA 07, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, The Urbz: Sims in the City GBA: Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Earthworm Jim 2, Cars, Madagascar PSP: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, 300: March to Glory, Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Thrillville, Metal Gear Acid 2 PS2: Guitar Hero II, Transformers, Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Bratz: Rock Angelz, FIFA 07 Xbox: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Madden NFL 07, Dead or Alive 3, Medal of Honor: European Assault Xbox 360: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Battlestations: Midway, Major League Baseball 2K7, Skate, The Outfit, Two Worlds Plus Halo 3 Easter Eggs and Unlockables!

This all-inclusive 2008 pocket guide reveals thousands of codes for the hottest console and handheld games for the next-gen systems.

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100% Verified Codes! Includes codes for… PS3: • Full Auto 2: Battlelines • Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII • Mobile Suite Gundam: Crossfire Wii: • Rampage Total Destruction • Marvel Ultimate Alliance • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Nintendo DS: • LEGO Star Wars II • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe GBA: • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell • Pirates of the Caribbean II: The Curse of the Black Pearl PSP: • Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories • Def Jam: Fight for New York--The Takeover GameCube: • Need for Speed Carbon • The Sims 2 Pets • Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning PS2: • The Sopranos: Road to Respect • Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning • Guitar Hero II Xbox: • Scarface • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas • Madden NFL 07 Xbox 360: • NBA Street Homecourt • Lost Planet: Extreme Condition • Def Jam Icon …and many more!