Mirabelli, we hardly new ya

by Dex on May 1, 2006 9:09 AM PDT in News

The Red Sox reacquired Doug Mirabelli specifically to catch Tim Wakefield, who is starting tonight.

The Boston Red Sox have finalized a trade to obtain catcher Doug Mirabelli from the San Diego Padres in exchange for catcher Josh Bard, minor-league pitcher Clay Meredith and cash, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney is reporting.

All I need to know now is who's going to catch Woody when he throws the knuckler?

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Woody

should either start throwing the knuckler or shut up about it. Such a tease.

by jbox on May 1, 2006 9:28 AM PDT reply actions

I love this deal

As soon as I find out that Mirabelli was gonna be the backup (basically when we signed Piazza) I felt that we didn't get enough for Loretta. I even remember saying to someone I wish we could of at leave gotten a pitching prospect. Well now we did, plus another catcher (who can hit some) and some dough.

As for Woody's knuckler, Mirabelli said he couldn't catch it anyway cuz it was too good. Woody should basically only throw that pitch with no one on base.

by Wonko on May 1, 2006 9:36 AM PDT reply actions