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Article: VARITEK IS THE RED SOX' CHOSEN ONE NEW CONTRACT IN HAND, HE'S NAMED CAPTAIN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 25, 2004
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Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has wealth - a four-year, $40
million deal. He has stability - a no-trade provision that kicks in
sometime in September of next season. What he also has is a "C" on
his jersey, denoting that he is the official team captain, which he
found out when general manager Theo Epstein unfolded Varitek's home
and away jerseys at yesterday's news conference at Fenway Park to
announce his signing.
"It's not often you find a player who embodies everything you want
your franchise to be," said Epstein. "When you're lucky enough to
have that player, you don't let him get away and you lock him up as
long as you can and you make him the rock of your franchise.
"Jason is a special ...