Ambiguity is going to fill much of what we are about to talk about. There is no way around that, not when we're talking about unwritten rules and interpretations and hidden meanings.
This is how it goes with baseball's unofficial code, and you cannot have a complete discussion about these Royals — league leaders in being hit by pitches, celebrating home runs, and losing shortstops on dirty slides — without talking about the code and interpretations and hidden meanings.
Like, for instance, White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija almost certainly hit Lorenzo Cain on purpose in the season opener.