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Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan
Yep, i even looked at it in my book. Its an illeagal pitch; ball. my book, cleary has the penalty written; "Any contact with the mouth while in on the mound...the ball is dead and umpire shall call "ball"."  |
Dan,
When you wrap quotation marks around a rule interpretation, it indicates that you are
quoting the rule. You not only are not quoting the rule, you are totally getting it wrong, too!
Nowhere does it mention "Any contact with the mouth while on the mound," or "the ball is dead."
The ball does not become dead by rule when he goes to his mouth. If he goes to his mouth and then continues to pitch, and the batter reaches first and no other runner is put out before advancing at least one base, then the play proceeds without reference to the violation. Otherwise, you just call "Time" when you add the "Ball" to the count. The ball is not dead because of the contact with the mouth.