11.   Branca is quoted accusing the Giants of stealing signs, and Salvadore Yvars, a Giants backup catcher, acknowledges that it was true.

12.   Alberto Castillo, the light-hitting backup catcher, was due up.

13.   But if the Sox choose not to trade him before next season, they could lose him unless he makes the team as the backup catcher.

14.   But his value to the team as a backup catcher became evident last season when Lopez was lost to a season-ending knee injury.

15.   But the injury was serious enough to have Vance Wilson, a classic backup catcher, in the on-deck circle of a tie game in the seventh.

16.   Dierker thought about another gamble in the ninth when he almost had backup catcher Tony Eusebio bat for Ausmus.

17.   Eddie Perez, former backup catcher, continued to play down his talents.

18.   Even the backup catcher, Jorge Posada, is banged up.

19.   Evidence was presented on behalf of the central figure in the case, Dodgers backup catcher Chad Kreuter.

20.   Even though Dodgers manager Davey Johnson wanted to keep backup catcher Paul LoDuca on the roster, numbers made it impossible.