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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
No rule except for the one that requires him to take a sign...
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No rule requires him to take a sign. The rule means that if he takes a sign, it shall be from the pitcher's plate.
Or at any rate that's the only reasonable interpretation, since no umpire has any idea whether he's actually taking a sign. I don't imagine that you or any umpire you respect actually stops a game to make sure the pitcher is taking a sign.