pitcher goes to his mouth without wiping it off

[sunfudblu]

In FED the penalty for going to the mouth without wiping off the hand is an immediate dead ball. The umpire may eject the pitcher. If the BALL IS PITCHED AND THEN DETECTED it is an illegal pitch and then you would have a balk (with runners on base). He does not have to be outside radius of the mound to go to his mouth. The blowing on the hand thing is OK.......especially in Illinois. It's STILL cold here even in June!!

IMO he should have ejected the pitcher especially if he had already warned him once.