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
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.
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,
develop goes hold season takes team year
Like every year, the personality of the team takes hold over time. It's something you develop as the season goes along. You don't have a personality that is set going into the year, because every year there's a different mix.
hard team
That's the way this team works. We do the hard things first.
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.
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.
ask pinch teammates
Ask me in a month. Right now I just feel like I let my teammates down when I pinch hit.
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.
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.
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.