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Originally posted by Rbn3
Official Rules:
8.01
Legal pitching delivery. There are two legal pitching positions, the Windup Position and the Set Position, and either position may be used at any time. Pitchers shall take signs from the catcher while standing on the rubber. Pitchers may disengage the rubber after taking their signs but may not step quickly onto the rubber and pitch. This may be judged a quick pitch by the umpire. When the pitcher disengages the rubber, he must drop his hands to his sides.
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Right -- but there's no penalty listed for that.
By "tradition", it's interpreted to mean "separate the hands before re-engaging the rubber." See JEA, for example.