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Re(1): #106 - Who's best at catching the picada?

Posted on August 22, 2005 at 11:29:50 AM by Jim

Erkiaga (when he played at Orlando) was exceptional at that. In fact, that is what really made him into being what some feel is a superstar.

One night, he made two phenomenal catches in one point, climbing the wall to catch the picada, which he did in both attempts, and won the point in the end. It was so huge a leap, that...GET THIS...Orlando actually rewound the video tape and showed it for several minutes in slo mo replay to all the fans. The slo mo really showed how far off the ground he was, and it looked like he had about 5 feet clear below his foot.

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