1.   Before departing, he pitched to one more batter, Mark Loretta, but nearly threw two pitches over the head of rookie catcher Angel Pena.

2.   Actually, he was too tough on the key play of the game, both for Clark and Oakland rookie catcher A.J. Hinch.

3.   By all accounts, Dodgers rookie catcher Angel Pena is one of the best young defensive catchers in baseball.

4.   Eli Marrero, then a rookie catcher with the Cardinals, had a cancerous thyroid gland removed last March.

5.   Even Phillies rookie catcher Bobby Estalella got in on the Barry bashing.

6.   Fosse, a rookie catcher with Cleveland, straddled the line, waiting for the ball.

7.   He failed to inform rookie catcher Jason Varitek that Pendleton likes to swing at the first pitch with runners in scoring postion.

8.   How many teams have won a division with a rookie catcher and essentially an entirely new every-day outfield?

9.   Ichiro singled to open the game, stole second and third and scored on a throwing error by rookie catcher Toby Hall.

10.   It also scored rookie catcher Paul LoDuca, who opened the inning with a single.