Latest Episodes
Episode 20- Incidents this season & 2022 Year In Review
October 5, 2022
- 45:36
Unwritten Rules were once again on full display during MLB’s 2022 season. Jimmy & Ron review and rule on the biggest incidents of the...
Episode 19 - Playoffs
September 28, 2022
- 32:17
As baseball’s postseason approaches, how do the Unwritten Rules change or do they? Jimmy and Ron discuss the biggest Unwritten Rules of...
Episode 18 - Contracts, Money, Arbitration & Free Agency with Michael Young
September 21, 2022
- 33:24
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...
About The Show
Baseball’s official rulebook is complicated—but its unofficial rulebook is full of drama. On each episode of Unwritten, former players Jimmy Rollins and Ron Darling dive into the history and culture of unwritten rules—sign stealing, bat flipping, jinxing a no-hitter, locker room behavior and more A new podcast from Audacy and Major League Baseball
More Episodes
Episode 20- Incidents this season & 2022 Year In Review
October 5, 2022
- 45:36
Unwritten Rules were once again on full display during MLB’s 2022 season. Jimmy & Ron review and rule on the biggest incidents of the...
Episode 19 - Playoffs
September 28, 2022
- 32:17
As baseball’s postseason approaches, how do the Unwritten Rules change or do they? Jimmy and Ron discuss the biggest Unwritten Rules of...
Episode 18 - Contracts, Money, Arbitration & Free Agency with Michael Young
September 21, 2022
- 33:24
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...
Episode 17 - Equipment Doctoring & Uniforms
September 14, 2022
- 24:17
Ron & Jimmy get into spitballs, pine tar, sticky stuff and all sorts of equipment edges players try to take advantage of. What’s fair...
Episode 16 - Player & Manager Relationships with Albert Pujols
September 7, 2022
- 49:56
Albert Pujols joins the show again to discuss player / manager relationships. Ron & Albert on what it’s like to play for Tony LaRussa;...
Episode 15 - Clubhouse Rules
August 31, 2022
- 33:36
Jimmy & Ron go over everything from who controls the music to clubhouse fights and the dynamic with the clubhouse attendants. Plus the...
Episode 14 - Trash Talk
August 24, 2022
- 39:49
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...
Episode 13 - Rules of the Road with Ryan Dempster
August 17, 2022
- 54:13
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...
Episode 12 - Sign Stealing with Jomboy
August 10, 2022
- 38:52
Ron & Jimmy dive into all the different dynamics of sign stealing. Jomboy - Jimmy O’Brien - exposed the Astros sign stealing scandal and...
Episode 11 - How To Treat Rookies with Albert Pujols
August 3, 2022
- 51:45
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...
Episode 10 - Announcers with Bob Costas
July 27, 2022
- 47:55
Ron and Jimmy both made the move to the dark side - the media - after their playing careers. They discuss objectivity, criticism, and...
Episode 9 - Brawls with Gary Sheffield
July 20, 2022
- 47:53
Ron tells the story of a teammate who was cut for staying in the dugout during a brawl. Jimmy went looking for the middle of a brawl...
Episode 8 - The All-Star Game
July 13, 2022
- 27:21
Jimmy and Ron were both named to All-Star teams and there are plenty of Unwritten Rules around MLB's Mid-Summer Classic. Who do you have...
Episode 7 - How to talk to Umpires feat. Fieldin Culbreth
July 6, 2022
- 51:30
Ron & Jimmy peel back the curtain on those heart to heart discussions with the men in blue. Longtime MLB Umpire Fieldin Culbreth joins...
Episode 6 - Blowouts & Running up the Score
June 29, 2022
- 34:36
Don’t run up the score. Don’t steal or swing 3-0 when your team is up big late. What’s the cutoff and why did this rule actually start...
Episode 5 - Gamesmanship, the Hidden Ball Trick & Mind Games with Sean Casey
June 22, 2022
- 29:37
The Hidden Ball Trick, chatting up an opponent, faking out a baserunner - all of these are forms of baseball ‘Gamesmanship.’ But some...
Episode 4 - Don't Jinx a No-Hitter
June 15, 2022
- 31:14
Don’t talk to a pitcher - or even mention a no-hitter - when a pitcher is throwing a no-no. Right? Jimmy & Ron discuss the Unwritten...
Episode 3 - Hard Slides
June 8, 2022
- 37:36
A good hard slide vs a late slide vs a dirty slide. Jimmy was in the dugout and Ron in the broadcast booth for one of the most debated...
Episode 2 - Bean Balls & Retribution with Larry Bowa
June 1, 2022
- 36:18
Ron & Jimmy discuss the rules of ‘keeping score’ - and they’re not talking about the final score. Larry Bowa joins the show. There is...
Episode 1 - Bat Flips
June 1, 2022
- 33:09
Jose Bautista’s bat flip heard ‘round the world in the 2015 postseason changed everything. Jimmy Rollins & Ron Darling define the...
Welcome To Unwritten
May 17, 2022
- 02:25
Baseball’s official rulebook is complicated—but its unofficial rulebook is full of drama. On each episode of Unwritten, former players...