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    6 things we've learned during the first month of MLB season

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Aug 20, 2020 4 minutes

    Six things we've learned during the opening month of the Major League Baseball season:

    1. Unwritten rules are meant to be broken.

    The unwritten rules of the game are always subject to change, just like the written rules, where doubleheaders can be reduced to seven-inning games during a pandemic and a runner is placed on second base at the start of extra innings.

    Pitchers used to knock down hitters with impunity after home runs. Hall of Famer Bob Gibson once wrote he had five pitches - "fastball, slider, curveball, changeup and the knockdown pitch."

    But those days are long

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