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Originally Posted by Ump153
It was a trick question....just testing your veracity
The rule didn't include the discernable stop which is what we are talking about here until 1988 and the interpretation regarding hands stopping before leg moving was presented at that time. Jim was consulted by the MLB rules committee for the rule interp.
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This doesn't really tell me anything -- I started working HS sports in 1987 and any details about what happened what year before 2000 is all pretty fuzzy.