"In NFHS, the pitch begins with any pitching motion, so it should be a ball, and a live ball."
as long as the hands were joined before the pitching motion.
If the pitcher drops the ball before the join, I think that's a no-call because calling "no pitch" might cause dead-ball confusion.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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