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 ...

It was a balk-off championship victory. The Pennsylvania 6A high school baseball championship was decided in the rarest of fashions Friday night when North Penn pitcher Caleb Price balked with the ...

Friday the 13th offered a different scare factor. After 12 scoreless innings of heart-pumping tension, suspense and urgency on the biggest stage in Pennsylvania, Cedar Cliff became Jason Voorhees. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

If it walks like a balk, looks like a balk, and sure as hell moves like a balk, then it’s probably a balk. Unless you’re Matthew Boyd. The Cubs’ lefty has somehow tiptoed past every balk call this ...