All About Baseball with Byron Copley

All About Baseball with Byron Copley


Revisiting the Balk Rule

June 25, 2025

With all the sudden and substantial rule changes that have been enacted in Major League Baseball the past few years, this podcast episode proposes three specific changes to rule 6.02 “Pitcher Illegal Action” that would make enforcing balks more consistent, more just, and less arbitrary.

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Music: “Field Grass” by Sergei Pavkin