Illegal Pitch-Score?

[jmkupka]

Bases loaded, pitcher steps to the pitcher's plate, hands come together, hands separate and windup starts. Then she stops (maybe changes her mind, I dunno) and resets.
At this point, I stopped the play, called illegal pitch, ball on the batter & advanced runners.
Was I supposed to allow her to complete her 2nd attempt at the pitch, and wait to see the result of the play?

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

Bases loaded, pitcher steps to the pitcher's plate, hands come together, hands separate and windup starts. Then she stops (maybe changes her mind, I dunno) and resets.
At this point, I stopped the play, called illegal pitch, ball on the batter & advanced runners.
Was I supposed to allow her to complete her 2nd attempt at the pitch, and wait to see the result of the play?

IIRC, in that situation, once the pitcher begins her pitch (hands come apart), then she stops, she has committed an illegal pitch for not releasing the pitch. This is a dead ball illegl pitch. At this point signal dead ball, and give the appropriate reward.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jmkupka

Bases loaded, pitcher steps to the pitcher's plate, hands come together, hands separate and windup starts. Then she stops (maybe changes her mind, I dunno) and resets.
At this point, I stopped the play, called illegal pitch, ball on the batter & advanced runners.
Was I supposed to allow her to complete her 2nd attempt at the pitch, and wait to see the result of the play?

You wait on situations where the pitch was illegal but still happened - crow hops, leaps, 24", etc. You go ahead and stop it on a situation like you described.