If they just reach down and touch the dirt I don't necessarily have an issue with that (I will usually just quietly tell the P while I'm wiping the pitcher's plate to make some attempt to act like she' wiping her hand just to keep a coach from grumbling about something that is really nothing). If they pickup a handful of dirt and throw it on the ball or rub the ball on the ground to scuff it up then I go with the IP.
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