So you want to be a catcher?

From Geoff Baker's blog

Glad I wasn't crouching behind home plate today. It seems like anyone who was, save for Rene Rivera, had to be helped off the field. First, it was Jeff Clement taking a foul tip off his fingernail that left him in a great deal of pain and the nail looking none too pretty. He actually had to go to the hospital for precautionary X-Rays and is expected to be sidelined a couple of days.

But what really must have made GM Bill Bavasi's heart thump was the sight of Kenji Johjima taking a Jose Guillen foul tip off the throat. The ball ran in right under Johjima's chin guard and caught him on the neck. Johjima spent the next half hour walking around trying to get his breath back, but he's expected to be out there again tomorrow.