Thread: Sign not taken from the pitcher's plate (NFHS)
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Old Thu Apr 21, 2011, 09:15pm
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I answered "other", so I guess I've got some 'splainin' to do.

I do not believe there is a FED rule that prohibits a pitcher from taking "signs" while off the rubber.

I do think there is one that says he "must" after engaging.

Those are two different things. If he fails the 2nd (i.e., the actual rule) I would likely kill it and instruct him to pitch properly.

JM
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