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The lack of uniformity on clock stopping issues has always bugged me.
It's even led to a few arguments on the field, with coaches pleading to either stop the clock or keep it running, depending on whichever is most advantageous to them at the moment. And when it comes up, you get the inevitable "but another umpire told us...", or, "that's not what they said in our other game...".
I've had different umpires try to tell me that "you always have to stop the clock for (fill in the blank)". I've had others tell me that you never stop it. I've had umpires from both camps try to back up what they're saying with "it's in the rule book" (no, it's not).
Until somebody comes up with a uniform set of guidelines, how and when to stop the clock will never be enforced uniformly. It will remain a troublesome "point not covered by the rules", subject to the whim of each individual umpire under the umbrella of Rule 10.
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