AJ McCarron is in front of his locker Monday talking about former big-league pitchers Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and Mark Prior and showing how they have changed the throwing motion that helped bring two national titles to the University of Alabama.
“Did y’all play baseball?” McCarron asks a gaggle of reporters before he goes into his best St. Paul of Mobile, Ala., windup. “You know when you’re coming off the mound and you’re young and they teach you to rip through? It’s the wrong thing to do.
“Because when you rip (down), now that front shoulder is open, your arm is back here and now your arm has to catch up with the rest of your body.