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href="/wiki/File:Bob_Geren_July_16,_2018_(50120693293)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/270px-Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/360px-Bob_Geren_July_16%2C_2018_%2850120693293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2636" data-file-height="2710" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geren" title="Bob Geren">Bob Geren</a>, credited with suggesting the intentional balk as a strategy to avoid <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">sign stealing</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>intentional balk</b> is a tactic used in <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>. It involves the pitcher deliberately <a href="/wiki/Balk" title="Balk">balking</a> in order to move a baserunner from second base to third base, in order to prevent <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">sign stealing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intentional_balk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first known intentional balk in baseball—which was attempted for reasons unrelated to sign stealing—came about in the <a href="/wiki/1956_Claxton_Shield" title="1956 Claxton Shield">1956 Claxton Shield</a>, a multi-team tournament in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Victoria_state_baseball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria state baseball team">Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Australia_state_baseball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="South Australia state baseball team">South Australia</a> were contesting the final game of the tournament, and the standings were such that the outcome of the tournament could be determined by <a href="/wiki/Run_differential" title="Run differential">run differential</a>. After playing to a tie and going into <a href="/wiki/Extra_innings" title="Extra innings">extra innings</a>, South Australia held a 5–4 lead entering the bottom of the 12th inning; however, they knew that a one-run victory would not be enough to win the title on run differential.<sup id="cite_ref-aus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Victoria had a runner on third base, South Australia attempted to allow that runner to score, in hopes of forcing another inning and then winning by more than a single run. After a failed attempt at throwing the ball out of play, the South Australia pitcher deliberately balked to try and send the runner home.<sup id="cite_ref-aus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the umpires ended the game and awarded it as a 9–0 <a href="/wiki/Forfeit_(baseball)" title="Forfeit (baseball)">forfeit</a> win for Victoria on the basis of South Australia bringing the game into disrepute.<sup id="cite_ref-aus_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intentional_balk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Intentionally committing a <a href="/wiki/Balk" title="Balk">balk</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) resulted from an idea raised by <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geren" title="Bob Geren">Bob Geren</a>, who came up with the concept during a <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> session as a way to prevent <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">sign stealing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While non-electronic forms of sign stealing are legal in baseball, Geren stated it was an insurance mechanism so that a baserunner on second base would not be able to steal the signs and communicate them to the batter.<sup id="cite_ref-oc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wickman" title="Bob Wickman">Bob Wickman</a> had previously performed such an intentional balk on May 3, 2005. <sup id="cite_ref-news-herald_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-herald-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Geren raised the idea in spring training, it was executed by Dodgers pitcher <a href="/wiki/Kenley_Jansen" title="Kenley Jansen">Kenley Jansen</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> on June 15, 2019. In the ninth inning with the Cubs having a runner on second base and the Dodgers holding a 5–3 lead, Jansen indicated he intended to balk and tapped his foot repeatedly on the <a href="/wiki/Rubber_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber (baseball)">rubber</a> to force the umpires to call a balk and move the runner to third base.<sup id="cite_ref-mlb_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlb-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An intentional balk occurred at least twice during the 2021 season: on May 26 when the Cubs' <a href="/wiki/Craig_Kimbrel" title="Craig Kimbrel">Craig Kimbrel</a> intentionally balked against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> to stop sign stealing in the ninth inning (the Cubs held a three-run lead at the time),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on September 6 when <a href="/wiki/Collin_McHugh" title="Collin McHugh">Collin McHugh</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> intentionally balked against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in the 10th inning to avoid the runner at second base being able to steal signs (the Rays held a two-run lead at the time).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, MLB introduced <a href="/wiki/PitchCom" title="PitchCom">PitchCom</a>, an optional wireless communication system used by players in place of visible signs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the absence of visible signs, the opportunity for a runner at second base to engage in sign stealing is removed, which in turn makes use of an intentional balk to advance such a runner unnecessary. Some teams chose not to use PitchCom and still opted to use the intentional balk as a defensive tactic.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intentional_balk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sb_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFYellon2019" class="citation web cs1">Yellon, Al (June 16, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2019/6/16/18681064/kenley-jansen-intentional-balk-dodgers-cubs">"Will the 'intentional balk' become a thing in MLB?"</a>. 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