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Originally posted by LDUB
I know that the rule book says that the pitcher must take his signs while on the rubber. Ok, so pitcher takes his sign off the rubber, then he steps on and goes straight to the set position. Then if he pitches, the it is a balk, so I would call time at the end of playing action and enforce it, assuming the pitch was a strike and no one advanced?
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Depends. In FED it's a balk and you would call it immediately, dead ball. In OBR it's a rule with no penalty listed. See 8.01. So I would tell the pitcher not to do that anymore. I think the reason for the rule may be so the pitcher can not take a sign off the rubber and step quickly on and quick pitch. But personally, I don't think I have ever called this one.