boston.com - 11/24/2008
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Scott Boras, the representative for free agent Jason Varitek, told the Globe's Nick Cafardo this afternoon that the Red Sox have not begun any negotiations with the 36-year-old catcher. Boras also said he knows nothing of a reported one-year offer...
blogs.weei.com - 11/24/2008
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According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the
Red Sox’ initial contract offer to free agent catcher...
Jason Varitek this offseason was for one year. It was not determined what the monetary worth of the offer would be, although indications were that it didn’t approach the annual average comm
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Red Sox initial offer to Varitek for one year
msn.foxsports.com - 11/26/2008
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/25/2008
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While the Angels have not made an offer
to Mark Teixeira, his agent says other teams have....
"We've received a number of offers," agent Scott Boras said. Boras would not say which teams had extended offers, or even how many....
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Boras: I've got offers for Teixeira
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Scott Boras Says Tek Report is Untrue
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog —
... Jason Varitek's agent Scott Boras say the Red Sox have not begun negotiating with his client and he knows nothing about a one year offer that was reported earlier. ...
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Scott Boras discounts report the Boston Red Sox offered Jason Varitek a one-year deal.
Claude Lemieux, ...
Prediction: Varitek has played his last game for the Sox
Red Sox Monster —
... and Varitek the choice to finish his career in Boston. What if Theo Epstein saw things differently, though? What if he looked and said, "Pshaw! Two years for 'Tek? You could drive a dump truck through the hole in his swing last season... I think I'll take my chances signing someone else to a one-year deal if he's not interested and look for another backstop stop-gap next season if necessary." Then what? Predictably, Super(evil) Agent Scott Boras denied the rumors about the offer, telling the Boston Globe's Chad Finn that the Red Sox had not started any negotiations with ...
A Large Regular —
... The other day it was reported that the Red Sox made Jason Varitek a one-year offer that was significantly less than the $13 million that Jorge Posada is getting paid per year. Scott Boras then came out and said that no offer had been made. Who to believe? ...
Red Sox Offer Varitek One Year, Scott Boras Says, "Huh?"
Walkoff Walk —
... WEEI in Boston reported today that the Red Sox offered veteran catcher and team captain Jason Varitek a piddling one-year deal at a presumed cut-rate salary. MLB.com picked up the story and it was the number one item on the front page of their website yesterday. Neither source could get a comment from Varitek's main cog and representative, super agent Scott Boras.
The folks at the Boston Globe's Extra Bases blog, however, cashed in one of their Boras Bucks and got the alleged info from Scotty:
Scott Boras, the representative for free agent ...
Question: What is Going on in the Rumor Mill
MetsBlog.com —
... in Boston wrote the Red Sox offered a one-year contract to Jason Varitek, which Varitek’s agent denied later in the day, per the Boston Globe. ...
Boston Expected to Offer Arbitration to Varitek
FanHouse —
... later denied the report, saying that negotiations with Boston's front office had yet to begin. Was Boras telling the truth? Come midnight tonight, it won't really matter. ...
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mlb.mlb.com 11/25/2008 — BOSTON -- If the Red Sox did offer free agent catcher Jason Varitek a one-year contract, as Web site WEEI.com reported on Monday morning, it is news to agent Scott Boras. Boras, who has represented Varitek for his entire pro career, told the Boston ...
Red Sox Offer Varitek One Year, Scott Boras Says, "Huh?"
walkoffwalk.com 11/26/2008 —
The blustery blabbermouths at radio station WEEI in Boston reported today that the Red Sox offered veteran catcher and team captain Jason Varitek a piddling one-year deal at a presumed cut-rate salary. MLB.com picked up the story and it was the ...
Boras states his case for keeping Varitek
boston.com 10/23/2008 — The Red Sox and Jason Varitek have not initiated contract discussions, which is not unusual this soon after the season, said Scott Boras , the agent who represents the catcher.
Boras Discusses Varitek
mlbtraderumors.com 10/23/2008 — Adam Kilgore of the Boston Globe talked to Scott Boras recently about free agent catcher Jason Varitek . As you'd expect, Boras' spin is heavy on leadership and inherent value, so as to draw attention away from the .313 OBP and .359 SLG. ...
Boras: Sox made an offer to Varitek
boston.com 12/11/2008 — With the catching market shrinking by the minute - winter meetings deals for Gerald Laird and Ramon Hernandez already in the books - there was at least one person in the Bellagio Hotel who remained confident Jason Varitek would find an opportunity ...
Not so fast on Jason Varitek
bostonherald.com 11/5/2008 — D ANA POINT, Calif. - If the Red Sox [ team stats ] were entertaining thoughts that their efforts to re-sign free agent catcher Jason Varitek [ stats ] were going to be easy, they learned otherwise yesterday. Agent Scott Boras told reporters that New ...
Boras begins spinning his web for Varitek
blog.masslive.com 10/24/2008 — APJason Varitek back in Boston? Scott Boras won't make it easy. Life without Jason Varitek. Can you picture it? Can you stand a season of George Kottaras and Kevin Cash platooning, or the Red Sox bringing in some journeyman to...
Varitek Will Decline Arbitration
joyofsox.blogspot.com 12/8/2008 — Boras Update : "We're not going to take it," Boras said. "We're going to decline. We are talking with the Red Sox and other teams about Tek." *** Nick Cafardo reports that a source close to Jason Varitek confirms that the Red Sox captain will decline salary arbitration. If so, Varitek will be ...
Scott Boras: Jason Varitek has offer to return
bostonherald.com 12/11/2008 — L AS VEGAS - The Red Sox [ team stats ] have presented a contract offer to Jason Varitek [ stats ] , said agent Scott Boras yesterday at the winter meetings. The deal is believed to be for two years, although the terms remain under wraps. Varitek made ...
That Time Of Year Again. Also, Varitek Stuff.
letsgosox.blogspot.com 12/6/2008 — Candaian Blog Awards! Remember, your favorite Red Sox blog, Joy of Sox , is based in Canada, and is therefore eligible...and is therefore the best sports blog in Canada. So vote here for Joy of Sox. One vote per person, but, of course, I, as sort of a ...
One-year deal on table for Varitek —
Major League Baseball News 11/24/2008
The Red Sox have made a contract offer to free agent catcher Jason Varitek, a Boston radio station Web site reported Monday. Financial terms were not revealed. The Red Sox declined comment and Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, did not respond to inquiries ...
The Beauty of the System in Boston —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/24/2008
Once upon a time, not too long ago, the Boston Red Sox were loveable losers. For every one successful season, they had another three or four that were not. For 86 years, we waited for next year, just on the hope that we would see some success.
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