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Get real. Spectators "coach" all the time. "Bend your back and follow through, Timmy!" "Concentrate!" "Focus!" "Strike that mother effer out!"
There is no rule to prevent any of the above, including "flashing signals" by a spectator. The rule that stipulates pitchers should take their signs from the catcher while on the rubber is there to insure that pitchers follow a proscribed protocol for taking the rubber, and pausing (to get a sign, ostensibly) before beginning a pitching motion. As long as the pitcher is (1) not quick pitching and (2) not delaying the game by searching the dugout, the stands, or the sky for his sign and/or divine intervention, you have no problem. Why try to create one?
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