Do Not Pitch - Dead or Live?

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Originally Posted by gumpire

I don't understand how or where in the rules you keep coming back to "LIVE BALL"?

Maybe answering this question will help me sort it out.....how do you indicate to the pitcher that it is now ok to pitch? If you declare "PLAY" or "PLAY BALL" is that not an indication that the ball was "dead" and you're now making it "live"?

Rule 6 Section 10 (& Section 9 for SP) clearly state that:
"No pitch shall be declared when:
A. The pitcher pitches during the suspension of play.
..."

If you are indicating "Do not pitch" and the pitcher pitches, what is your call? If "Do not pitch" signal is not a suspension of play, then the pitch must be legal or illegal, no "NO PITCH".

Okay, please cite the rule in the book that specifically states the ball is dead when the umpire holds the pitcher.

In SP it really doesn't make a difference. And the more you argue this point as it pertains to FP, the closer you are just providing fuel for my LBR argument. Thank you.