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Originally posted by bluezebra
Carl:
Read Robert G again. The PU didn't clean the plate, the catcher did. "B1 steps out as catcher cleans off the dish. PU raises his left hand, does not say time ". PU would have to be a contortionist to turn his back to the pitcher, clean the plate while holding his left hand up to keep pitcher from pitching.Bob
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Bob: Ah, ha. Well, at least we got the other situation handled according to standard mechanics; and everyone now knows time
is out in LL (except at the World Series).
Concerning the
real question: I don't know of anything in the LL book
per se, but there is an official interpretation by the PBUC dating back to the mid 1980s:
Any hand up, palm toward the pitcher, has the same effect as "time out." (Deary; Fitzpatrick affirmed, 11/15/00)
BTW: That interpretation is black letter law in FED (5-1-1h) and NCAA (6-5h).