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March 13, 2008
The Red Sox have placed catcher Doug Mirabelli on unconditional release waivers.
Tony Massarotti reported on his blog earlier that he saw Mirabelli leaving City of Palms Park in street clothes. The Journal has just confirmed the veteran receiver has been placed on waivers. Tim Wakefield's personal catcher was originally in today's lineup to catch Bartolo Colon.
That leaves George Kottaras, Kevin Cash and Dusty Brown backing up Jason Varitek in camp. Cash was called up from Pawtucket last season when Mirabelli was placed on the DL and proved he can handle the backup role.
Cash, 30, can catch the knuckleball and manager Terry Francona has always liked him. In fact, Cash crushed a three-run homer Wednesday against the Twins. He has worked with minor-league knucklers Charlie Zink and John Barnes. Cash has 126 games of major-league experience with Toronto, Tampa and Boston.
Cash also caught Wakefield last August when he tossed 22 consecutive scoreless innings.
Brown, 25, can also catch the dancing doozy and has also impressed management this spring.
It doesn't appear the Red Sox are in the midst of making a trade for a backup at this point.
Posted by Joe McDonald 
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