... win: The winner and three (3) guests will enjoy Dinner with Jason Varitek on Thursday, December 17th in the Greater Boston Area ... group of fans. All 4 will receive an autographed baseball from Jason Varitek. All 4 may bring up to 2 items to be ... Varitek. All 4 will be able to take a picture with the Captain, Jason Varitek. All applicable tax liability for winning the raffle will be Paid directly to ...

... the Boston Red Sox declined their option on catcher Jason Varitek, he has decided to exercise his player option worth $3 million. He can make an additional $2 million in ... at least Josh Beckett and maybe Jon Lester on occasion. Varitek hit .209 with 14 home runs and ... the plate when VMart was acquired from the Cleveland Indians. Jason Varitek to Exercise Player Option, Will Stay With ...

The future of Jason Varitek in a Red Sox jersey now rests in the catcher's hands. That's ... a significant injury to either Martinez or first baseman Kevin Youkilis for Varitek to start that many games. When asked about his future plans during ... . Your level of how special this opportunity is goes well beyond anything personal." Varitek, 37, is a career .259 hitter. In 13 seasons ...

According to the NESN report, Varitek reported that he will pick up his option, not necessarily that he had picked up his player option. We could see Varitek officially pick up his option today. OK, so maybe Jason Varitek isn't back in Boston yet: Contrary to a report, Theo Epstein just said that Jason Varitek has not yet picked up his option . That could come tomorrow, however.

Rob Bradford of WEEI Radio in Boston says the Red Sox will not pick up the $5 million option on Jason Varitek ’s contract. According to Bradford, “Varitek has five days to decide whether to exercise his one-year, $3 million player option for next season,& ... blogs on BallHype: MLB, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek, Ken Rosenthal, Rod Barajas

Jason Varitek yesterday exercised his player option, meaning the Boston Red Sox will retain his services ... about the veteran catcher. WHAT HE SAID: "We're happy to have Jason come back and we look forward to a good year from him in 2010." ... it is." Epstein was asked about the negotiations between the organization and Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, regarding additional incentives ...

The curse of Jason Varitek? - CBS Sports Varitek got a preview of his diminished role last season. Martinez started 31 of the final 60 games at catcher after joining … just 16 caught stealing — especially that night in Arlington, Texas, when the Rangers looked they were auditioning for … Results tagged “Sports Illustrated” from KRMG Sports with ...

Roy Halladay, Matt Holliday, Jason Varitek, Oliver Perez and Chien … - Newsday Wanted to get this out earlier, but Scott Boras beckoned. Ill add the Boras quotes after I transcribe what he said. As always, the super-agent had some gems: –The Mets are meeting tonight with Boras concerning Matt Holliday and, in surely a shorter …

... includes Winner and three (3) guests will enjoy Dinner with Jason Varitek, on December 17, 2009, in the Greater ... Winner and each guest will recieve an autographed baseball from Jason VaritekWinner and each guest may bring up to 2 items to ... VaritekWinner and each guest will be able to take a picture with the Captain, Jason VaritekTickets are only $2 each (min 5) and the proceeds once again benefit ...

... Munson. It's been better during the time of Jorge Posada and Jason Varitek that the rivalry has flourished more than any other period. For one ... quot; more of a rivalry. Tim Wakefield played with Varitek on the 1999 Red Sox. Jeter, Andy ... periods of time, but it's always his own doing. He is never, ever over-matched. One cannot say the same of Varitek. In his career, he hit .171/.227/.214 ...

Welcome to Dave's Dozen (because Kaduk's not here, man), a streamlined selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes your e-mail submissions or tips via Twitter. 1. The captain's career will never die. It just fades away ... but with the Red Sox. Extra Bases 2. Thanks for interviewing, but no thanks, Bobby Valentine (again). The Nationals name ...

... 37pm: Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Varitek will discuss his option with agent Scott Boras ... quot;Contrary to a report, Theo Epstein just said that Jason Varitek has not yet picked up his option. That could come tomorrow, however." ... expected difficulties many players may have getting a bigger payday. For Varitek, more importantly, the days where he is an asset as a starting catcher ...

... . Late this afternoon, one of those fell into place, when catcher Jason Varitek exercised his $3 million option for 2010, returning to the team to back up starter Victor Martinez. Varitek returned to the Red Sox last season under a one year deal with ... , entering spring training as a backup for the first time since his rookie year. Varitek started off strong in 2009, but fell off badly after the All ...

Fans of Sully Baseball know that I refer to Jason Varitek as "The Lobster." It's a much better nickname than ' ... October. The Sox declined his $5 million option and now Varitek is mulling over his $3 million player option. Now I ... from the bench. Have Victor Martinez look over for each pitch. Basically Varitek will be pulling a Cyrano de Bergerac and we get the bat of Martinez ...

... off-season it was rumored that the Mets were interested in Jason Varitek, the idea was to find a guy who was a great clubhouse leader ... Tek fit both of those characteristics but ended up re-signing with Boston. Now Varitek, after having Boston decline his 5M club option, is ... two Mets officials in the past 90 minutes and both said Varitek is not a candidate for their catching job. The Mets feel they ...