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Josh Paul (born May 19, 1975 in Evanston, Illinois) is a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. After being selected by the Chicago White Sox in the amateur draft in 1996, Paul was a back-up catcher from 1999 until he was granted his outright release in 2003. He was signed by the Chicago Cubs, but was again released in October of the same year. The Anaheim Angels signed him in 2004. He was traded in late 2005 to the Devil Rays for minor league third baseman Travis Schlichting.

Paul is most famous his involvement in a controversial play in Game 2 of the 2005 ALCS versus the Chicago White Sox. In the bottom of the ninth, with the score tied at 1, Paul was catching Angels reliever Kelvim Escobar. After Chicago's A. J. Pierzynski swing and missed a third strike in the dirt, Paul, believing he had caught the ball, began walking back to the dugout along with the rest of his team. However, home plate umpire Doug Eddings ruled that the ball had not been caught and Pierzynski ran to first, where he was called safe. Pinch runner Pablo Ozuna stole second and later scored on Joe Crede's game winning double, tying the ALCS at 1 game apiece. The White went on to take the next 3 games and go on to the World Series

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