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Originally Posted by Alaska Ump
We used to have this discussion with umpires when I was the league administrator and we were ASA. Back then there was nothing in the rule book, and they insisted on starting the clock when the home team took the field. If I recall correctly, I found a section in the ASA scorekeeper's guide that said the clock started when the plate umpire called, "Play ball!" Since then the ASA has added the FP rule, but not done anything about the SP rule.
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Well, that just isn't so. ASA does not differentiate SP from FP.
The time limit issues use to be kept in the code. I guess someone realized that since the umpires are the officials which enforce such rules it should be included in the rule book.