do not pitch/"time"/illegal pitch

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Originally Posted by SergioJ

I had pretty much the same scenario in a recent college game. Pitcher had a tendency to "quick pitch." So, I slowed her down by raising my hand in a DO NOT PITCH signal. I did this while the batters were getting set in the batters box. Now, here's my side. Since all I was doing was telling the pitcher not to pitch, I continued to count the seconds off in my head for the batter to get ready in the box (as per NCAA Rules Book). How can you do this if you rule TIME? This would mean that a batter can take more than her allotted time to get in the box, right? And by slowing the pitcher down, she certainly met the criteria for taking (or simulating taking) a signal on the plate with hands separated. I don't think there's anything in the rules book that says when, during the "countoff" pitcher is to do this. Unless, time really was called.

Just my thoughts (for whatever the're worth).

There is something I want to post, but I'm afraid people would take it the wrong way and wonder how an umpire could call an IP for not releasing in time while being held up by the PU