51.   Piniella changed batters, sending backup catcher John Marzano in to hit for Darren Bragg, who had been announced as a pinch-hitter for Luis Sojo.

52.   Rangers backup catcher Dave Valle, whose fall wardrobe is shorts, T-shirts and an overcoat.

53.   Rodriguez said the other morning, sitting on a clubhouse stool and exchanging East Coast barbs with backup catcher John Marzano.

54.   Since even backup catchers travel in style now, Rose probably would have to amend that statement to say the home run hitters get the Mercedes dealerships.

55.   Such is the career of a backup catcher.

56.   That means Jimy Williams goes to war daily with only three pinch hitters, four counting the backup catcher.

57.   The backup catcher entered the game in the eighth and got the hit off left-hander Graeme Lloyd, who had just replaced starter Tomo Ohka.

58.   The backup catcher role also is undecided.

59.   The backup catcher for the Cleveland Indians.

60.   The backup catcher had figured right.