[EricH]

Pretty sure they were doing the stairs all through Phoenix, which was after BAE, but not actually hanging in auto. They'd get set, but not hang. 330 did the same sort of thing, but didn't use the steps; they went up the side and reached for the bar from the low step. (330 also couldn't move the ball from side to side, just knock it out.)

190's coolest device that year, though, was a laminated piece of paper known as the "Dean Device". It velcroed to a wheel and reached across the line so that they were technically in the proper starting position--touching the floor on both sides of the line--while the entire drivetrain was lined up with the steps. Said device was colored and shaped to match a denim-clad arm and hand reaching out and putting one finger down on the ground.

There is also a video around of them vaulting over team 237 at a post-season and hanging. It's pretty cool to watch.