Thread: Illegal pitch?
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Old Sun Feb 21, 2010, 12:48am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by sprivitor View Post
NFHS - pitcher recieves new ball from umpire. runner on 3rd base. she takes ball and rolls it in dirt because it is "slick". Is this an illegal pitch that advances the runner one base and awards a called ball to the batter?
I can see where some umpires may rule that way. Personally, I'm retrieving the ball from the pitcher, remind to not do that again, bring the coach up to speed (if necessary). If the ball is damaged, it's leaving the game. If not, I will rub down the ball and return it to the pitcher.

No, I'm not advancing any runners.
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