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Old Fri Jan 28, 2011, 09:13pm
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Maybe we should make the pitcher "present" the ball.
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Old Fri Jan 28, 2011, 10:15pm
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Originally Posted by tcannizzo View Post
Maybe we should make the pitcher "present" the ball.
Been there, done that.

They will just incorporate it into their delivery and if an IP is called will swear that the pitcher stopped regardless of what the umpire "thought" s/he saw. And, of course, the coach will tell you the you are the ONLY umpire to ever make that call

Of course, if they would just change to and enforce a 2-second hesitation (like ISFs rule), it almost becomes a non-issue.

Then again, it is really a non-issue now, so why are we talking about it?
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