Okay, so we got the interpretation we didn't have before. Good thing.
However, maybe I'm just missing it, but we still have a question concerning the "hands" issue.
It seems that the question has been answered about doing something before the batter enters the box, but what if the illegal act continues and the pitcher doesn't correct it? If you cannot have an IP without the batter in the box, how can you have a legal pitch where the requirments began prior to the batter entering the BB?
The pitcher takes her position on the PP and brings the hand together while you are holding up a stop sign waiting for the batter to enter the box.
Now what do you do? However, if the pitcher doesn't reset, do you call the IP for not assimilating taking the signals with the hands separated? If you proceed to direct the pitcher to pitch, s/he will only be doing what you instructed him/her to do.
Well, here we go again.
