Thread: Is this right ?
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 05:28pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
If I remember correctly, the change in ASA was a result of a direct challenge (not in a game) by a coach who pointed out that there was no requirement in the book which supported the routine umpire's ruling that a pitcher step onto the pitcher's plate with the hands separated.
Yeah, some people can't follow along with the totality of the rules.

But, following the logic that the pitcher can always disengage until she starts the pitch, stepping onto the plate with the hands together is more of an indicator that it WILL be an IP if she does not step back off (that is, up until this rule clarification), since she cannot get from there to a legal pitch.
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