PLAIN DEALER HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 1961 Press Photo John Romano Cleveland Plain DealerCleveland Plain Dealer

Many baseball gurus will tell you that a solid team starts with the catcher. Seeing the field from a unique perspective, almost spy-like, sending out secret signals, calming down and refocusing a pitcher losing sight of the strike zone, the catcher sees everything in front of him and leads like a field general.

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