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 ...

Richard Bleier was at a loss for words. Never in his entire MLB career — seven seasons, 303 games, 295 1/3 innings — had the left-handed relief pitcher been called for a balk. So clearly he was ...

With the bases loaded and one man out, Dodgers reliever Dylan Floro briefly initiated his pitching motion by slightly bending his leg. He then stepped off the mound, and the first-base umpire called ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back before PitchCom became a popular resource for pitchers and catchers to call pitches, you'd see relief pitchers intentionally commit balks to move a base runner off of second base. It was all ...

There aren't many rules in baseball that can get fans completely torn in an argument like the balk. And Monday's game between the Padres and Guardians was a prime example of that. With Kyle Hart on ...