The ASA league I coach for has umpires not consistent on a particular rule. My niece pitches on a 12u team and she has been told 2 different things since last year. She was taking signs on the mound. An umpire tells her that she has to take the sign behind the mound. So, of course, nothing happens for awhile. Today, an umpire tells her that she has to take the signs on the mound with the hands separated or appear to do so. The next game she plays in the other team's pitcher is taking signs behind the mound and it was blatant, You can tell she was doing this. The umpires told the coach there is nothing wrong with that. I said we were told differently. The umpire then said that guy was wrong and the umpire-in-chief told his umpires to call it that way. So, what is the rule? I don't have a rile book to try and find it.
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