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
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.
good knows people prepare prepared question
Manny's a good teammate. Different people have different things going on. He knows how to prepare himself. If he's not prepared and he's not able to do things, then you can question him.
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.
gives people playing reason
It's really exciting. It gives all the new people a reason to know why we like playing at home.
area dealt far gray leaves people step
It leaves a lot of gray area right now, because we don't know. We've got to take a step back, but not too far back, because we've got a lot of important people to be dealt with right now.
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.
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.
blessed people realizing
When people thank you for doing something, you begin to realize how truly blessed you were to have been put in that position.
hit slider
The slider didn't really break. I didn't think he hit it that good.
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.