Does The Pitcher Have to Show The Ball????

[SactoBlue]

I realize the point of the rule ...... so we know when the pitch is "supposed" to start ..... the question is ..... are we, as an umpiring group, enforcing it for the most part or not? I surely don't want to start something locally that most Blues simply don't worry about and create problems for me. I want to be on firm ground to enforce the darn thing and have the confidence I'm right and not be a jerk.....probably can't do that if I'm umping right?

Thanks