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Article: PRO BASEBALL; MAESTRO JASON; Varitek drives the Red Sox pitching staff in his own quiet way
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 26, 2003
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Mike Fine
RED SOX 11, TIGERS 2
You'll read six million words about Pedro Martinez this season,
five million more about Derek Lowe and so on down the line about the
rest of the Red Sox pitching staff. But the man who makes them go is
often working quietly in the shadows. Nah, he's working in the dirt,
behind home plate, where Pedro, Derek and last night's starter, John
Burkett, take their direction. Jason Varitek might be the strong,
silent type in front of the cameras, but behind that plate he's
become a field general, the toughest of the Red Sox because of his
defense and intelligence. "I've known him forever," said fellow
Georgia Tech product Nomar Garciaparra. "He was great when I ...
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