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

2.   Showalter also settled on his roster, keeping catcher Damian Miller after being convinced in the workout that he could play despite a hairline fracture of his right wrist.

3.   They keep a catcher who has the capability of putting up MVP-type numbers offensively and has no defensive peer in either league.

4.   Chicago manager Jerry Manuel said the team will keep three catchers because Sandy Alomar is day to day with a sore left knee.