Sunday, November 28, 2004
Annus Mirabellis
So it looks like Doug Mirabelli will be re-signing for the Sox for $1.5 million. Great deal for the best backup catcher in the business (not hard, admittedly, as Slate has pointed out - backup catchers are the slackers of MLB). I wonder whether Mirabelli was hurt by the perception that he's a knuckleball catcher, since Wakefield's the only competent knuckleballer in the majors. I can imagine other clubs going "yeah, I know it's probably likely that Mirabelli's passed balls are due to catching the knuckler, but I'm not sure I can afford to take the risk".
Of course, us Sox followers know that Mirabelli has caught the rest of the staff quite competently at various points. And he can hit.
So it looks like Doug Mirabelli will be re-signing for the Sox for $1.5 million. Great deal for the best backup catcher in the business (not hard, admittedly, as Slate has pointed out - backup catchers are the slackers of MLB). I wonder whether Mirabelli was hurt by the perception that he's a knuckleball catcher, since Wakefield's the only competent knuckleballer in the majors. I can imagine other clubs going "yeah, I know it's probably likely that Mirabelli's passed balls are due to catching the knuckler, but I'm not sure I can afford to take the risk".
Of course, us Sox followers know that Mirabelli has caught the rest of the staff quite competently at various points. And he can hit.
Singapore Sox Fan
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