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
game gave second
This was big, because we gave away the first game (7-6 in 12 innings) and we got pounded (8-1) in the second one.
care form game handle media people pick shape
Like I always say, we handle things in here. In no way, shape or form are we going to play a media game with our teammates. I think that people look to pick on things on Manny because he's Manny Ramirez. We'll take care of things and we take care of things in here.
game good kept plain run settled stuff swings takes taking time
He just kept us in the game, plain and simple. They were taking good swings early, but not as good of swings later. He settled into his game real good. His stuff was electric, there's no question. I'll take one run every time someone takes the ball.
games nice quite rolling unit win
We haven?t quite got going offensively as a unit yet, that?s obvious. It?s nice to win games that way when you?re not rolling offensively.
bottom downfall games great half next playing publicity texas turn
Those games are great. They are great for the organization and the publicity of your team. The only downfall is that sometimes you are playing in Texas and you turn around the next day and you are playing in Boston. We've had the bottom half of some of those results.
bounce good ready
We have to come out and bounce back and be ready to play tomorrow, period. We're right there, we're right in it, that's a good thing.
start wins
There haven't been any cheapie wins anyway. We have to play well and that will start with our pitching. If we can do that, we should be OK.
focus guys jump maintain
We just have to maintain focus. You guys jump up and down. We have to maintain focus.
call hit team
This team can hit a lot better than we are right now, and I think we're going to. I don't know if it's a cycle. I don't know what you can call it. But I think this team can hit a lot better.
behind fans scratch
We need to get back there, get our fans behind us and scratch one out.
frustrated guy mound strike threw throwing time tough
What am I thinking? The guy on the mound was pretty frustrated. He was just frustrated with the strike zone. He had a tough time throwing strikes. That's all. I don't think he threw at Trot, by no means. I think he had a frustrating day.
experience matter
We have experience. That's all. All you can say is we're not going to quit, no matter what happens.
changes team work
We've had a lot of changes in this organization for a team that has just come off a world championship and was able to work its way back into the playoffs,
More than anything, ... it was a relief.