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Old Wed Aug 27, 2003, 11:51am
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Where do you get verbal interference? I don't believe there is any rule to support that. USC under 10.9.A is a possibility.

However, just how much help do you think the batter is going to get having the pitch screamed out with less than a second to react? The screaming alone would most likely be just as distracting to the batter as it is to the pitcher.

It may be bush or cheap, but that doesn't make it illegal. The one thing it is for sure is STUPID!
Verbal interference is a stretch, and I just tossed that in. It would be based on the definition of interference (act ... that confuses ...) plus the POE which adds the "verbal distraction" part plus ruling that the play being interfered with is the pitch.
Nope, in ASA and I assume others, the pitch is not a play.
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OK... after writing all that out, it stretches to the breaking point. But, if the coach does it again after being warned, well, I'd LIKE to be able to use it!

USC is a stronger rule, especially after being warned.

6-10E, as mentioned above, can also be used for the warning and the ejection.
Yep, I can buy into this more than anything else, BUT I would have to see it actually affecting the pitcher's delivery. That you specifically notes that the act be taken in an effort to cause an illegal pitch.

Of course, after I talk to the offensive coach, I may have to go over and explain to the pitcher's coach that there is nothing I can do if his actions are not trying to cause in illegal pitch.
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I don't really care whether this is an effective way to instruct the batter, since I am not concerned in the least with that. My concern is with the timing and the sudden scream done with intent (IMJ) to disrupt the pitch. That is the same issue I have with fielders screaming SWING - it is the timing and sudden scream & my judgment as to intent.
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Nice try, not even close. Players hollering SWING are talking TO the opponent, not their own team. This is covered by the last sentence in ASA's 10.9.A

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