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
hit slider
The slider didn't really break. I didn't think he hit it that good.
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.
accident bounce bump equipped hit situation
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.
care concerned couple hitting last pitching played
We have to be concerned with ourselves. We have to take care of what we have to take care of. We haven't played awful. But we haven't had everything over the last couple weeks, where we're pitching well and hitting well at the same time. They've kind of alternated a little bit.
bones break dugout hit knew walked
When he walked back to the dugout like that, you knew it hit him good. Those bones are delicate. They break easily.
best experience gaining happens hitter hopefully ways
Hopefully he can find ways to just have a comfortable lifestyle. Hopefully he's gaining more and more experience with it every year. That's what happens when you're the best right-handed hitter in the game.
guys hit hitters playing prime time
These guys can hit a little bit. Actually, they can hit a lot, ... (Schilling) is playing catch-up while the hitters are in the prime this time of year.
appreciate bill bring brought dirty grinding guys hope johnny lost people played playing special time whoever won
I've played with these guys for a very long time and won a championship with these guys, so they're very special to me. Doug, Kevin, Johnny and Bill brought intangibles of playing hard, getting dirty and grinding out games. You appreciate playing with people like that, and you hope that it isn't lost by whoever they do bring in.
accelerate couple few good left next personal weeks
There?s a few I?m going to have to learn, but we still have two weeks left so that?s the good part. It?s important for me these next couple of weeks, just on a personal level. I need to play. I need to get at bats. I need to accelerate my play. I need to see pitchers. There?s a lot to be done.
experience matter
We have experience. That's all. All you can say is we're not going to quit, no matter what happens.
hard team
That's the way this team works. We do the hard things first.
added continue depth gotten last pitching stronger
I think our pitching has gotten stronger in the last two weeks. We still have to continue to be better, but we added some depth in our bullpen.
ball gives health injury major opportunity pitcher strength throws win
I think he's been working his way to health and strength and being a pitcher again. He had a major injury he had repaired this offseason. He's real close. If he throws the ball like he did today, it gives us an opportunity to win a lot of games.
battle
I think he did have to battle with it.