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OK all you young-uns. There WAS a time when they had to stop for one second
From JEA:
It was not until 1950 that the rules committee introduced the complete stop rule. That first official rule required the pitcher to stop for one full second.
In 1964, the rule was amended by dropping the one full second requirement. The new wording merely stated that the pitcher had to come to a stop.
McCarver played 1959-1980 so he was there when the rule changed and should know better, but don't just blow off the one-second stop as pure BS. The belief has a basis in an actual rule - albeit an obsolete one.
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Rich Ives
Different does not equate to wrong
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