An American baseball catcher, Jason Varitek earned fame as one of the leaders the 2004
Boston Red Sox team that broke the curse of
Babe Ruth. Named the team captain the next year, Varitek has been an All-Star, a Gold Golve winner and a Silver Slugger winner.
The Sox are home, everyone's pumped for the Fourth of July, the weather is finally something not to be suicidal about...everything's great. Except that the Sox can't seem to beat Seattle. The home team dropped their second straight, squandering Jason Varitek's 2-run homer (his 12th, and if you predicted him hitting 12 all year after last season,claim your prize), and watching that 2-run lead ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:30:22 GMTChris Woodward's bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially draw-in infield to score the go-ahead run and lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Jason Varitek hit a two-run homer for Boston, which also lost Friday's series opener.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:48:52 GMTBOSTON (AP) - Chris Woodward's bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially draw-in infield to score the go-ahead run and lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Jason Varitek hit a two-run homer for Boston, which also lost Friday's series opener. The Red Sox had won their previous seven series overall. It was just their third series loss ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:30:52 GMT
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Jason was originally drafted by the
Seattle Mariners, and was traded alongside Derek Lowe for relief pitcher Heathcliff Slocumb in 1997.
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