Give 'Em Something to Balk About | Giants 2, Brewers 1
What's a balk?
It's one of baseball's best-kept secrets. It's a flinch on the mound. A twitch. A nudge. It's almost nothing. Almost.
Diehard fans and short-time fans can watch a game together, see a balk called, and collectively have no idea what happened.
In a binary game of safe or out, strike or ball, balks are an exploration into baseball's grey area. Did his knee buckle a millimeter too far? Maybe.
Balks are baseball's invisible daggers, one of which struck the Brewers Saturday. A great game decided by an invisible play.
Good for the Giants, bad for the game.