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Originally Posted by xtreamump
Last season in York, PA. I was at the Eastern National JO 12U-B Fast pitch Championships. Thu UIC stated that we had an official timer/book keeper at every game that started 1:40, first pitch. And the top of the next inning started when the last out of the last inning ended. I had top 7 with 50 seconds and had to finish the inning. No stopage time for anything.
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And that is how it is stated in the rule book. The first pitch is the first pitch, that's pretty plain and straight forward (5.10). And the definition covers the start of a new inning as you describe.
I think the "no stopage" note shouldn't be locked in. A few years ago, had a player break a leg on a play. Don't think the teams would have been very happy if we let the clock continue during the time it took to attend to the player and for the ambulance to arrive and then exit the field.