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
sure tag
I didn't tag him flush. I wasn't sure I nicked him or not.
answering either saying
I'm not answering that either way. I will in the end, but no, I'm not answering that either way. No excuses, no blame, not saying anything either way.
believed knew
I knew it was coming. Believed it was coming.
david gets
It was huge. That gets us right back in that game. Just David being David.
assistant baseball gm good guy losing lost seem upset
I'm very upset we're losing a guy like him. We also lost our assistant GM (Josh Byrnes), who's a very good baseball man. We seem to have a lot of that going around.
flip general manager team time upset
I'm very upset Theo's gone, ... But on the flip side, it isn't the first time a general manager has been gone, and we need to find a way for the organization to get things done and see what the team is doing.
lost seem somebody upset
I'm very upset that we lost somebody like him. We seem to have a lot of that going around.
confidence fastball pitcher
It's very encouraging. That's a big part of what a pitcher does, having confidence in (the) fastball and being able to go with No. 1.
field hard leave
It's time. It's our time. Just play our game. Play hard and leave it on the field for 13 games.
accelerate couple next personal
It's important for me these next couple weeks. Just on a personal level, I need to play. I need to get at-bats. To accelerate my play, I need to see pitchers. There's a lot to be done in the next couple of weeks.
against backs definitely wall
It's definitely crushing. We have our backs against the wall now.
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.
rotation
It's big. Having him back in the rotation is big for this team.
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.