For all of the whining we hear about "crow hops" (most all of which are not), like somebody mentioned before, the "no pause/take/simulate taking a signal" violation is EPIDEMIC. I think that every pitcher I saw last weekend either stepped on the plate with their hands already joined, or brought them together almost simultaneously with stepping on.
Most cleaned it up after it got called. Some didn't seem able to. And, yes, the coaches were astounded that it was being called!
