Why not? It worked 32 years ago this month.
PS: And after typing that, I'd said, "Yikes -- that was a long time ago."
PPS: I also went, "Yikes -- I'm old."
PPPS: But then I thought of Chief.
That was Mariano for me. Total class. I'm convinced he could still walk out to the mound, let 50,000 people scream, announce to the world he's going to throw the cutter (since we all know it's coming anyway).
And then saw off the bat.