Jason Varitek
Jason Varitek
Jason Andrew Varitek, nicknamed "Tek", is a retired American baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. As of 2015, he works for the Red Sox as a "Special Assistant to the General Manager". After being traded as a minor league prospect by the Seattle Mariners, Varitek played his entire major league career for the Red Sox. A three-time All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner at catcher, as well as a Silver Slugger Award winner, Varitek was...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 April 1972
CityRochester, MI
ask pinch teammates
Ask me in a month. Right now I just feel like I let my teammates down when I pinch hit.
carry contribute dogs people
That's what makes our lineup good. Different people contribute on different nights. There will be times the big dogs will carry us, but when different people contribute that's when we're at our best.
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They do a lot of little things. We have to execute well to beat them. They have a good bullpen and good starting pitching. They can create things offensively. They'll take the extra base. If we're all aware of our surroundings and what's going on, we can contain it.
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At some point, he will hit a bump in the road, but he is very well equipped to bounce back if that situation arises. He'll be fine. It's not by accident he's having success.
best help job pitchers work
The most important job that I have is to work with the pitchers to help them be the best that they can be.
ourselves tried
I think we just tried to do too much. We got ourselves out.
confidence reason single ton
Keith was the single reason we have a championship in this city. I have a ton of confidence in him.
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Keith threw the ball really well, also. He threw some really good changeups. And his location of his fastball was pretty good.
carry contribute dogs good people
I think that's what makes this lineup good is that different people contribute on different nights. We're going to have our times where our big dogs are going to carry us. But when different people can contribute, that's when we're going to be our best.
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He's got electric stuff that is downright filthy. His ball has some serious giddy-up out there.
downright electric stuff
He's got electric stuff that is downright filthy.
compete guarantee issue seems throughout upbeat
He seems upbeat and he's here so I'm not going to make a big issue out of it. I guarantee you, if he's here in uniform, he's going to compete because he's done nothing but compete throughout his career.
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He's dong an excellent job. Do I expect him to be perfect all year? No. but he's doing an excellent job.
good guy job team time tough trying
He's done such a good job trying to make the organization better and the team better at the big-league level. It's going to be very tough to see a guy like him go, especially at a time like this.