Balk

A  balk is something that a pitcher does in baseball that is not allowed, or illegal. If a balk happens the umpire will point to the pitcher and yell "balk", and the runners on base get to move up one base. If there are no runners on base, a ball is issued to the batter.

Some ways a balk can happen include;

 The pitcher faking a pitch
 The pitcher throwing the ball to a base where there is no runner
 Pitching the ball before everyone is ready
 The pitcher takes too long to pitch
 If the pitcher drops the ball, even if he didn't mean to.

There are other ways it can happen, but these are the main ones.

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