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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
If you see the pitcher commit a foot, motion or contact violation, call it.
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I completely agree. It is no different that a runner circumventing the rules by leaving early on a pitch. Abusing the rules is abusing the rules and we are suppose to catch and penalize those that do so.
In my earlier years, I used to give the pitcher the benefit of the doubt, and 'warn' them that they are doing something illegal, assuming they had a bad habit or some other 'innocent' reason for doing what they were doing. I think I've become a little more cynical, after hearing about some pitching coaches teaching illegal acts 'because they don't call it anyway'.