Illegal Pitch - Another Scenario

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Originally posted by Bandit
I undersatnd ball to the batter but why illegal ? The rule # I'm seeing posted by JEL (and I'm looking at the FP section) is "Legal Delivery". What am I missing ?

I'm with you, Bandit. If the umpire judges the ball to have slipped out of the pitcher's hand, it is covered by 6F.11. It's a ball on the batter, and still in play, though I doubt any runner would even consider advancing if the pitcher has the ball in their hands.

Once it is obvious the runners are not going to attempt to go and the pitcher has control of the ball, I'm cleaning the plate.