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Article: Varitek heart of Red Sox; With deal expiring, club will mull catcher's worth.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2008
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Byline: AMALIE BENJAMIN - Boston Globe
BOSTON - Striding to the plate, crouching behind it, walking into the clubhouse to grab one of the numerous binders full of a career's worth of notes, Jason Varitek betrays no hint that he once was concerned about making it. It's hard to imagine doubts and worries could filter through that crew cut.
But they were there. They were there in 1997, when Varitek was 25, new to the Red Sox organization, yet to make his major-league debut. At that point, there was one thing he was looking for. One thing, above all, he was seeking.
"(Former Red Sox manager Jimy Williams) said, 'You're a baseball player. You're ...