Baseball is America's past time. Its been that way since at least since the late 1800s. As such, the sport has grown from a raw backyard game played on dusty fields into a Louisville-slugging, Derek Jeter-bunting sensation. Baseball's biggest and most important platform is the major leagues or MLB for short. 

The majors have instituted a plethora of rules since Baseball's pioneer days and many of them are unwritten. Unwritten rules generally involve around respect and player conduct. They exist in hopes that batter, fielder, pitcher or benchwarmer is "playing the game the right way." The Milwaukee Brewers' Carlos Gomez frequently runs afoul of these unwritten rules. The talented but mercurial center fielder was ejected after a bizarre series of events led to fisticuffs between himself and Pittsburgh Pirates player Travis Snider.

The whole brouhaha emerged after Gomez hit a tower shot to deep center field in the third inning. He stayed in the batter's box, rather than immediately getting rid of his bat and taking to first, in order to admire his handiwork for awhile. But what Gomez perceived to be a home run turned out to be false. If not for a fielding mishap by reigning NL MVP Andrew McCutchen, Gomez may have flied out. No matter the case, Gomez eventually took off and utilized his powerful 6' 3" frame to the max in order to get to third base.

Gomez's drawn out presence at home plate ignited a fire in Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole. Feeling disrespected and put-down, the pitcher immediately started sniping at the Milwaukee Brewer. Once Gomez reached third base, the war of words suddenly escalated and boiled over. Both teams benches and even the bullpens emptied. Umpires, teammates and coaches had to restrain both Gomez and Cole from throwing down.

You can watch video of the entire sequence of events here, but unfortunately you cannot hear what was being said amongst the two players. The video quality is exemplary though.

These unwritten rules have drawn the ire of players in the past before. Suspended Yankees Third Baseman Alex Rodriquez was infamously sniped at by perfect game winner Dallas Braden back in 2010. Gomez himself was involved in two other incidents in the past. 

Yet, shouldn't athletes be able to marvel at their own immense talent? After all, most baseball players are paid millions upon millions of dollars per season to hit a ball x amount of feet. Some sportswriters have even gone as far as saying that the implementation of these pastural type rules inherently favor the white man. Latin ballplayers such as Gomez are more passionate in terms of their on-field exuberance, but they seemingly get singled out for it every time. Don't beleive it... just look at LA Dodger's sensation Yasiel Puig.

So are you a fan of "playing the game the right way?" Or do you feel that such policies are out-of-touch and perhaps a bit racist nowadays? Let us know in the comments section below.