6.2.2 C - taking too much time

[Forest Ump]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

My question is, if I had needed to issue a 1 ball penalty for taking more than 20 seconds to deliver the ball, what is the proper procedure to do this? Do you call time (kinda defeats the purpose of trying to speed up the game)? Do you let the pitcher remain on the rubber? Exactly how do I do this should I ever have cause to do it?

I would call time and then announce, "that is a 20 second violation, ball to the batter". Similar to how you call the 90 second rule violation in college except you don't call time in college.