tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post3449955152814474595..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Varitek: Catch With Prideallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-30614083749000121912012-03-02T20:41:44.199-08:002012-03-02T20:41:44.199-08:00ALSO:
What they’re saying about (and to) Jason Var...ALSO:<br /><a href="http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2012/03/02/what-theyre-saying-about-and-to-jason-varitek/" rel="nofollow">What they’re saying about (and to) Jason Varitek</a>allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-31267952634773532932012-03-02T20:03:18.052-08:002012-03-02T20:03:18.052-08:00Hmm, let's see, 40 years old, retired, financi...Hmm, let's see, 40 years old, retired, financially set for life, two championship rings, forever beloved by fans... Poignant maybe, touching and a little bittersweet, but that's all I got, no heartbreak in sight! ;)laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-21784665169504669992012-03-02T19:41:45.804-08:002012-03-02T19:41:45.804-08:00Thanks for changing the comment format. This is b...Thanks for changing the comment format. This is better!<br /><br />I found it so painful to watch him speak. My heart was breaking for him. To be only 40 and feel that the best part of your life is over must be devastating. For a guy who showed almost no affection most of the time, to watch him unable to control his emotions was torturous. He was much better when Remy and TC interviewed him.<br /><br />I wasn't suggesting that there was no affection for Tek on JOS; I just was saying I know that I may have been the last one who saw him through rose-colored glasses, still saw him as the player he had been in 2004 and for some time before and after. <br /><br />I have a great admiration for catchers and what they do, and I will always believe that what Tek did in calling games, something that was often considered bogus by some here, was just as important in his later years and outweighed his declining bat and arm.<br /><br />OTOH, I am looking forward to figuring out whether my next love will be Salty or Lavarnway (sp?). Or maybe I just will go crazy and love Pedroia best despite the fact that he doesn't wear a mask and chest protector.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-26984944105248087572012-03-02T16:13:12.972-08:002012-03-02T16:13:12.972-08:00Totally not mocking him. I watched the entire spee...Totally not mocking him. I watched the entire speech and Q&A and was impressed. After 14+ years of Tek, and a few more than that of Wake, it is really the end of an era.<br /><br />Time flies by - this is Old Man Ortiz's 10th year with the Sox.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-40648110564847867482012-03-02T15:48:58.704-08:002012-03-02T15:48:58.704-08:00I'm pretty sure Cactus is a term of endearment...I'm pretty sure Cactus is a term of endearment. I know the nickname didn't start out that way, but no one is mocking him now. Everyone here on JoS and in Allan's links acknowledges what he meant to the club.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-83087487388894777872012-03-02T15:46:27.346-08:002012-03-02T15:46:27.346-08:00Thanks for collecting all this, Allan. It means a...Thanks for collecting all this, Allan. It means a lot to me to read all these kind thoughts about Tek. Call him Cactus, mock him all you want---but the guy had a lot of heart, integrity and determination. I may be the only JOSer who will miss him, but so be it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.com