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.
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.
compete guarantee issue seems throughout upbeat
He seems upbeat and he's here so I'm not going to make a big issue out of it. I guarantee you, if he's here in uniform, he's going to compete because he's done nothing but compete throughout his career.
game good kept plain run settled stuff swings takes taking time
He just kept us in the game, plain and simple. They were taking good swings early, but not as good of swings later. He settled into his game real good. His stuff was electric, there's no question. I'll take one run every time someone takes the ball.
pitches win
He executed his pitches real well. If he pitches like that, he's going to win a lot of games.
excellent expect perfect
He's dong an excellent job. Do I expect him to be perfect all year? No. but he's doing an excellent job.
came trying
Right now, we're just trying to get him out, just like everyone else. But he came up big for them.
lost seem somebody upset
I'm very upset that we lost somebody like him. We seem to have a lot of that going around.
bottom drive help line stuff
Some of this stuff can help to drive you. But the bottom line is, we need to go after them. Go. Go play the game.
four instead pitches three throwing
He's throwing three pitches instead of four pitches, but how he's throwing those three pitches isn't different from when he was starting.
break kept
He battled and kept us in that game. We just couldn't break it open.
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.
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.