Two questions on illegal pitch

[SC Ump]

Originally posted by blue_ape
1. Should the PU verbalize "illegal pitch" right away?

2. Should the umpires place R1 at 2B, or just allow it if she ambles down?

1. I have always been taught to verbalize the illegal pitch call, just loud enough for those in the immediate vacinity to hear. When I call it was a PU or BU, it will probably be loud enough for the pitcher to hear but I do not scream it.

Not that it has bearing here except to note the contrast: Most baseball organizations consider the 'balk' a delayed dead ball. In those I have always been taught to yell balk loud enough to "scare the players into stopping their actions." That is not what I do in softball.

2. The same as #1, I announce it but I do not scream it. I'm not going to <*grin*> pick her up and place her at 2B myself, but I will announce that she can go.