But, seriously, what is a balk, anyway? Baseball has a fair amount of rules that are open to subjectivity, but none more famous than a balk. While there are letter-of-the-law rules regarding a balk, ...

In 1988, the A’s won 104 games. The Dodgers won 94. But Los Angeles won four of five against Oakland in October, which is all that really matters, and the Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson’s Game 1 walkoff homer ...

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 ...

A former soccer player who now lives and works in Barcelona, Paul has been living in Spain since 2011. Ten years later in 2021 is when he joined the Diario AS family and he's been churning out ...

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 ...

“I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule.” —Ron Luciano, former major-league umpire For all the talk about how complicated the infield fly rule is, it’s got nothing on the balk.

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 ...

For those fortunate enough to witness Jim Balk coaching Radnor High School’s baseball team at any time during his 35 years on the bench, last Friday represented a special day that was both ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOS ANGELES ― Houston Astros pitcher Ryne Stanek twitched his knee, raised his arms above his head, and stepped off the pitching rubber. He requested a ...