Takes Precedent....

[SC Ump]

Originally posted by Bandit
How can you break down a rule violation to BEFORE the wrong doing or AFTER the infraction when the infraction itself is call illegal PITCH. And like I said earlier a PITCH has nor occured until the RELEASE of the ball...

Are you saying that if the pitcher went through her complete wind up and never released the ball that you would not call an illegal pitch?

At the point the runner leaves the base early, it is a dead ball. Anything the pitcher does after that does not matter. If the pitcher did anything prior to that that was illegal, I think the rule book(s) state that a pitch is illegal at the point the infraction occurs, not when the ball is delivered.