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Old Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:58pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
The rule you quoted doesn't say that they can't take a signal off the plate.
No, but the Instructor Comment does imply it. Otherwise, what would the umpire be warning the pitcher for and then removing her from the game?
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