balk
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- noun
- /bɔk/
- Jargon
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movimiento ilegal del lanzador
- Or it means that sometimes umpires are just bad at identifying balks.
- a balk call
- balk at second base
Examples
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After the umpire called a balk, the runners were able to move to the next base safely.
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Expect seven or eight balk calls.
Blog text (20) -
He allowed just one single and a balk, but he didn't allow any runs to score.
Blog text (29) -
Prior to everything going further south in the bottom of the ninth, Josh Kinney got away with an obvious balk.
Blog text (20) -
Observers used a standard recording form and recorded any conflict over an umpire's call for ball/strike, first base, tag, balk, foul line, and other calls.
Academic text (1993) -
Investigators positioned themselves between home plate and first base and recorded the number of conflicts for ball/strike, first base, tag out, balk, foul line, and "other" cells.
Academic text (1993) -
This disproves my theory that one member of every on-field umpiring crew is assigned specifically and exclusively to identify and call balks.
Blog text (20) -
The pitcher was penalized for a balk, which allowed all the runners to advance a base.
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During the game, the team lost the opportunity to get an out due to a balk by their pitcher.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Balk The baseball term goes back to old English balca meaning 'beam' or 'barrier'. Because a balk stops normal play and lets runners move, the name fits the idea of a 'barrier' to the pitcher's normal action.