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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ball fastball good location threw
Keith threw the ball really well, also. He threw some really good changeups. And his location of his fastball was pretty good.
easy grind means
By no means have we had an easy season. It's been a freakin' grind for us.
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.
hit slider
The slider didn't really break. I didn't think he hit it that good.
gave good second win
It was big. We gave away the first one and got pounded in the second one, so it was good to get out with a win today.
hard team
That's the way this team works. We do the hard things first.
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.
allowed found side trying wants
He's been battling, trying to do what he can do. He found something in his side sessions that allowed him to do what he wants to do and he's used to doing.
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.