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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
How should it be handled if the pitcher throws when the batter isn't looking but time is out? It's just as dangerous.
Rule 8.05(e) Comment: . . . . The quick pitch is dangerous and should not be permitted.
Can't give the pitcher a free shot can we?
Warn?
Warn after the trainer hauls the batter off on a stretcher?
Call it unsportsmanlike and eject (don't need a live ball here)?
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Whatever you like, but unless the ball is live, it can't be an illegal pitch (balk).