Was I being a OOO?

[Tim C]

The NFHS does describe this as an illegal pitch. You were correct in the letter of the law.

I would pay attention to how your local area views this non-essential ruling.

Not OOO just could be other ways to handle it.

Regards,

[David B]

Originally Posted by Tim C

The NFHS does describe this as an illegal pitch. You were correct in the letter of the law.

I would pay attention to how your local area views this non-essential ruling.

Not OOO just could be other ways to handle it.

Regards,

Agreed, there are probably other ways to handle it without making a big deal out of it.

Thanks
David

[justanotherblue]

This is one of those fed rules that should be thrown out IMHO. There is no advantage gained by the defense. I don't know of anyone I work with that would call this. If as mentioned he is quick pitching, then you have a problem to deal with. Otherwise, I would ignore it, maybe tell the catcher, hey, just for the record that is illegal in high school baseball. That will usually get the coach out between innings asking for clairty on your comment to his catcher. If the offensive coach comes out, simply tell him you will/have been giving his pitchers the same courtesy.

[johnnyg08]

and it complete BS that a coach even deserves a clarify response...he knows exactly what his pitcher is doing...man I hate that when coaches ask dumb questions like that

[cardinalfan]

I saw this once in a state playoff game.

The opposing coach came and asked me about it, but I let it go because he did it on EVERY pitch. He never mixed it up. He did not quick pitch at all. He waited until the batter was in, got his sign, and then started his motion.

Ironically, with runners on base, the guy took a long pause.

[Kevin Finnerty]

I had a couple of batters who took too long to fix their gaze on the pitcher, combined with a pitcher who rocks and deals without much of a delay. So when those two batters were setting their feet and looking at their bat label and so on, I put my friggin' stop sign up until the batters were ready. After a few times, the guy paused longer. No big.