There are a lot of ways to lose a baseball game, but the Houston Astros managed to lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Saturday night in one of the most annoying ways possible: a balk. Let's set ...

A catcher cannot be charged with a balk under official baseball rules because balks apply only to the pitcher. However, a catcher’s actions can indirectly cause a balk to be called on the pitcher in ...

Balks are called by an umpire. Mostly, they are called because of actions that might deceive the batter and baserunners. Also, balks can be called for specific actions that are against rules intended ...

A California high school baseball team is livid after losing a regional final on a very controversial balk call. Bakersfield Christian High School lost Saturday’s Division III regional championship on ...

MLB rules changes have been all the rage this spring. One rule that hasn’t been changed but will be more heavily enforced is the balk. But what is a balk? Major League Baseball has made some changes ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros by an 8-7 final (box score) on Saturday night. The go-ahead run, and what proved to be the eventual winning run, scored in controversial fashion ...

OK, so: This is going to get a little complicated. But that's seemingly the case when it comes to what is and isn't a balk in Major League Baseball. And we'll see if that becomes a factor in the 2022 ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a comeback against the Houston Astros thanks to a controversial balk by reliever Ryne Stanek. The first balk of Ryne Stanek’s career was ill-timed, as the Houston ...

The Norfolk Tides got dunked on this week by an unexpected foe — the weather. Norfolk (Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) faced off on Tuesday against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Triple-A ...

Major League Baseball intends to "emphasize enforcement of the balk rule" during the 2023 season, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The crackdown is aimed toward corralling "bouncing" or "rolling" ...

Skipper David Ross engaged in a heated discussion with the umpires in between innings during the coveted Crosstown Series between the White Sox and Cubs. For his animated arguments, he was ejected ...

...gonna be honest, I thought I’d already written this review. In 21st-century baseball, fans see cheating as universally scandalous. From the steroid-aided sluggers of the Aughts through the 2017 ...