KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In ballparks from Boston to Seattle, it was the baseball move that automatically triggered fans to scream ‘Balk! Balk!" We're referring to, of course, when a pitcher fakes a throw ...

BOSTON — Houston Astros reliever Héctor 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 ...

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 ...

You won’t believe this, but despite the offense’s dense aura of despair and recent memory bias, the San Francisco Giants have been really good with the bases loaded. In 71 PA so far going into ...

Danny Farquar balked in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and that wasn't even his biggest error of the night. In Farquar's mind, the greater gaffe was allowing ...

Down 0-2 in the count in the 11th inning, Leury Garcia did something surprising: He bunted for a base hit. What happened next was even more unexpected. Garcia scored on a balk and a pair of wild ...

The upcoming Major League Baseball season comes with some new territory. This week, the guidelines for the automatic ball-strike (ABS) challenge system were unveiled. When you tune into an Atlanta ...