1.   But he had catcher Jason Varitek at his side.

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

3.   The Braves are not panicking, though, confident they have two catchers with enough major league experience to fill in until Lopez returns in early April.

4.   The Marlins also have catcher Charles Johnson, who has prevented Atlanta from running.

5.   The Yankees have two catchers capable of working full time, Girardi and Jorge Posada, and there is no need for Figga.

6.   They have no catcher who can adequately replace Terry Steinbach.

7.   Atlanta has four catchers in camp after reassigning Jean Boscan to the minors on Wednesday.

8.   I want him to hit but I want to have a catcher who can work with our pitchers, and I know he can do that.

9.   That was a huge change from the postseason, when Ankiel had catchers lunging and leaping for balls that often sailed to the backstop.

10.   The Braves have catchers Paul Bako, Jesse Levis and Dax Norris.