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Ah, the difficulties of being a GM. Should
Theo pick up Manny’s option? Should Theo sign Jason
Varitek after the season? For right now, the most pressing concern for the Red Sox is what they will do before the July 31 trade deadline. Should the Red Sox consider trading one of their young arms? Where will the Sox find bullpen help? Now that the Yankees have traded for both...
I'm about 99% of the way through figuring
out the Elias rankings for catchers (I will post
what I have done as soon as I can fully emulate them). While I don't have the numbers exactly right, I have been able to get last year's catchers in order of ...
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Yankees take 1-0 lead
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With a few off-day over the next few
weeks The Bottom Line will be featuring Random Red
Sox Videos... This week it's The Batting Stance Guy making us wonder how Mo Vaughn ever hit anything and who taught Kevin Youkilis how to hit...
First, there was the Bullpen Band of pirates.
Then, there was Jason Varitek kickin' it Captain Hook-style
. Now David Ortiz is joining in on the pirate family. Big Papi was a co-host (with Maria Menounos ) of the 2008 Captain Morgan All-Star Pose ...
Just because it's fun to think about all
seven of the Red Sox taking over a huge
chunk of the Yankees' clubhouse... From the Hartford Courant : In case you were wondering: Kevin Youkilis is using Johnny Damon's locker. Manny Ramirez has a ...
Jason Varitek hit a 2-run home run and
Jon Lester went 7 1/3 innings to help the
Boston Red Sox get by the hapless Seattle Mariners 4-0 in front of 37,861 at Safeco Field. The win puts an end a 3-game losing streak to start this road trip and ends their 5-game road losing streak.
Don’t blame Yankees and Red Sox fans for
those two teams’ ridiculous over-representation in the All-Star game.
I’ll be the first to admit there’s no way in hell Derek Jeter should be an All-Star, just as there’s no way in hell Dustin Pedroia should be a starter or Jason Varitek should be even within 200 miles of the game. This is a problem that lies squarely with Bud Selig and the MLB brass ...
How hard is it to get Jason Varitek
out of the lineup? He'll play even when he
can't see.
Roy Halladay makes his way into the clubhouse
at Yankee Stadium, having just learned that Cliff Lee
will be starting the All Star Game . He is first approached by Jason Varitek. Jason: You can't start'em all, Roy. Halladay: That's a fact. Jason: How come you're doing this, then? Halladay: Because I ain't got nothin' better to do. Coach Terry Francona tries to explains to Roy that he won't start...
Boston catcher and captain Jason Varitek's best seasons
are likely behind him, but that doesn't matter to
his teammates ... and it shouldn't matter to you.
Is an all star a one dimensional player
who can hit the cover off the ball? I
would consider a true all star to be a player that is as above average both offensively AND defensively. Willie Mays was one of those rare players, so was Carl Yastrzemski and more recently, players like
You’ve had a trip to Japan to start
the regular season half a world away from Fenway
Park and you’ve had to pull out your passport a second time before making your first visit of the season to your home field. You’ve had three ...
Grant Balfour, though he walked Manny Ramirez to
load the bases in the top of the eighth,
also got himself out of that sticky situation. Balfour induced a groundout from Mike Lowell to shortstop to end the inning. That keeps the score at 2-1, heading to the bottom of the eighth. Jason Varitek stays in to catch, with Craig Hansen on the mound in relief of Tim Wakefield.
In the bottom of the first inning of
yesterday’s ball game between the Red Sox and the
Yankees, Derek Jeter came to the plate and was seen fraternizing with Jason Varitek. Varitek, who rarely speaks to opposing players, actually cracked a smile. And so did Jeter. The substance of their conversation? Jeter reportedly told Varitek, “Hey, does Evel Knievel know you raid his wardrobe?”
So it would appear , how does Jason
Varitek warrant a selection?
The man pictured on the right is hitting
.219/.301/.360, and has grounded into 10 double plays. Of
the 20 AL catchers with 150+ PAs, he ranks 17th with a -2.3 VORP. Jason Varitek, 2008 American League All-Star . Photo: RotoRob .
by DMtShooter , Five Tool Tool 10. Too
hard to spell Pierzynski, Rodriguez, Suzuki, Napoli, Olivo or
Hernandez 9. While his .219 batting average isn't as good as back-up Kevin Cash's .229, he does have the nod in OPS (.661 to .626) 8. He's 36, and ...
Ellie Rodriguez once made the All-Star team while
batting .260 with 2 home runs and 12 RBI.
It's in his honour that Bugs and Cranks presents a collection of atrocious All-Stars.
While anger drives blog traffic, it’s only right
that I point out that the players voted Jason
Varitek onto the team, he wasn’t selected by Terry Francona. It goes to show you how much they hate A.J. Pierzynski (.299/.338/.447). ...
We at On Deck Sports are not prone
to downing a home town player, more importantly, the
captain of the Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek. Varitek has been in the most brutal slump of his career, and being in Boston it’s become much chronicled news. Major league players and managers have voted in Varitek as a reserve in this year’s All Star game at Yankee Stadium. His selection has raised plenty ...
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