At DD's game, the pitcher received the ball from the catcher with her glove, she holds the glove (with ball in it) up to her chest and her pitching arm hanging down. She on mound like this, takes the sign, and begins her pitching. Is this illegal? I thought both as should hang down when taking sign
Illegal Pitch?
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inumpire
Observer, but has an opinion
- Oct 31, 2014
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As long as the hands are separate, they can be anywhere she wants them, hanging down, one behind her back, or at her chest. All are legal.
I'm curious as to what do you think the advantage to the pitcher is
The rules do not stipulate how the pitcher is supposed to engage the plate other than with her hands separated and the ball in the bare hand or glove. They do not require the pitcher to approach the plate from behind.
We had a blue once that kept calling IP on girls unless they put ball in hand and showed it to the batter with both hands at side. Eventually our pitcher was getting on the rubber and doing an impression of being hung on a cross, but he finally stopped. Some people only know enough about the rules to be a giant PITA.
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The old present the ball myth.
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Why does my mind immediately go to “Hello ball!”?
A little late throwing in my two cents but my understanding is as long as ball and glove are separated they can be anywhere as long as they come together before start of the pitch. From what you stated it would be an illegal pitch because you have to take signal or appear to take signal from catcher from behind the rubber.
