Obvious mudball

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by DG

Time called. Go toward mound and exchange balls with the pitcher, tell him to not do that anymore, toss the ball to the home team dugout. If they are paying attention they will rub it down and I will get it back later.

This is right to the point and how it should be done. Slightly different wording, perhaps. Like Martin said, it's cause for ejection by rule in FED, so the pitcher has to know it's against the rules, so some overzealous by-the-book guy doesn't eject him for it down the road. So maybe a don't-do-that-it's-a-rule is more appropriate, but I love the whole procedure you described.