Hong-Chih Kuo Hasn't Read Unwritten Rules

It may be time to grab a pen and start writing down some of baseball's unwritten rules.

As if coughing up a third consecutive home run (on three straight pitches) to a pitcher wasn't bad enough, John Maine had to watch Hong-Chih Kuo watch his first big-league home run Tuesday night. (You can check it out here on the Dodgers web site.)

It was an amazingly majestic swing -- long, smooth, and powerful -- but the bat flip at the end and the delayed jog to first were unnecessary.

I'm sure Kuo was just as surprised as anyone else at his 412-foot blast, and he probably isn't as well-versed in the unwritten rules as most major leaguers.

Just the same, if I'm John Maine I drill him on his next at-bat.