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Once a pitch is illegal there is no way to make it legal. If the pitcher steps on with the hands together it is an illegal pitch. Signal it with the delayed dead ball signal and say illegal loud enough for the batter and catcher to hear you. If the pitcher is smart they will not throw the pitch, nothing good can come of it. But, do not declare it dead immediately, wait a moment to see what the pitcher does as the offense does have the right to attempt to hit the illegal pitch and take the result of the at bat or the IP penalty, which ever benefits them more.
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