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Originally Posted by Dholloway1962
...Now, if she wipes her hands I don't have an IP at all, not matter where she wipes it. She is doing what the rule states she has to do, wipe her hands.
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Again, this only applies to applying saliva onto the ball. If, in the umpire's judgment, she is using this to apply a different foreign substance to the ball (in this case, chalk), then call the IP. The rule does NOT say the pitcher can put whatever crap she wants to on the ball so long as she wipes her hand while doing so.
I agree with your comment about the warnings. You're looking for trouble there. Although I have umpired in a tournament where the umpires were
instructed to warn before calling IPs, but that was a rec-level tournament.