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 ...

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, ...

Pitchers aren’t the only players who can be called for balks, evidently, and the San Francisco Giants found this out the hard way. I, a man paid to write about baseball, did not know this either! So I ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

You've heard of an intentional walk but how about an intentional balk? Saturday's MLB Rivalry Weekend game between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers offered a clear reason why the phrase ...

A bizarre balk rule had the Guardians completely exasperated Wednesday night. Cleveland starter Ben Lively and manager Stephen Vogt could not believe the balk call against Lively that forced in a run ...

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 Chicago White Sox continue to come up with painful ways to lose. Just when they thought they’ve seen it all, the Sox fell 7-6 to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium. The ...