yet another pitching question....

[CajunNewBlue]

for clarification... I was base umpire on this job. during the umpire conference .. plate umpire walked up and said "we got an illegal pitch? right guys?".. my retort was "pitchers hands were not together when batter stepped out, pitcher needs to pitch" U3 nodded his head in agreement, plate umpire agreed also (I should hope so, as he had his darn arm stuck out)... we broke and plate umpire confirmed the call.

of course in the locker room, stories and opinions changed.

I still stand by the call.

I know Fed doesn't want the cat and mouse game tween the batter and the pitch.
UIC gave his interpretation......BUT does everything have to be against the offense? I mean if the pitcher delivers the ball in the scenario ... even if its 20 feet above the batters head we call a strike.