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 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 ...

Many baseball games have ended in the now tired, overused "walk-off" term. A Pennsylvania high school contest put a unique spin on it. How about the balk-off? In the PIAA-6A State Championship, Cedar ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of Major League Baseball’s balk rules came into play on Sunday afternoon when Padres pitcher Logan Gillaspie was called for back-to-back balks in the first inning. The two calls ended up driving ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball intends to be more strict with its balk rules starting in the 2023 season, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. "We have slipped a little bit centrally with calling the rulebook ...

...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 ...

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 ...

Major League Baseball intends to emphasize enforcement of the balk rule in the upcoming season, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The extra emphasis will coincide with a bunch of changes beginning in ...