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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON (AP) — Houston Astros reliever Hector Neris used a balk to advance a runner to third on Saturday, then had an exchange with Red Sox third base coach Kyle Hudson that led to a dustup between the ...