Comments on: Almost Like Being There http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Sat, 25 May 2013 08:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Stephanie Liscio http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9514 Stephanie Liscio Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:32:55 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9514 Steve, that’s very cool! Did he face him a number of times, or just once? I met one of his former catchers from the Negro Leagues, and he told me he still can’t get over how accurate Paige was. Incredible precision on pitch placement. I asked the catcher if there was a current pitcher that reminded him of Paige (this was back in 2007) and he said Greg Maddux.

And Chris, I got a good chuckle out of that!

One of the other crazy things about Paige is that he talks about arm troubles during the 1930s and said at one point he had a “dead arm.” I always wonder what was really wrong with his arm – what modern medicine would have found. I think it was isolated mostly to his elbow, so I’m wondering if he would have required Tommy John. He still managed to bounce back though!

]]> By: Chris Burnham http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9505 Chris Burnham Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:35:38 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9505 So… Jamie Moyer=Championship? ;-)

]]> By: Steve Alex http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9503 Steve Alex Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:29:58 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7333#comment-9503 A great story. The closest thing in recent Tribe lore to that move was bringing in Dennis Martinez in ’95. My late grandfather was a minor league shortstop before the war and used to love telling me the story of how he batted against Satchel Paige.

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