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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Pedro Martinez has been here. So has Jason Varitek. Now, John Farrell says, Tim Wakefield will be coming to camp. Can Johnny Damon and the rest of the Class of 2004 be far behind? Wakefield, who has been primarily working on...

BOSTON -- Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said Saturday that he welcomed the addition of backup catcher David Ross, likening it to sharing playing time with a veteran like Jason Varitek. "When I did see him sign, I was kind of excited," he s...

The Red Sox have named Jason Varitek a special assistant to the general manager.

Former Red Sox captain Jason Varitek, at Fenway Park for ceremonies honoring the 2004 World Series champions, said Tuesday he is "close" to taking a new job with the team

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Josh Beckett had a personal catcher in Jason Varitek, but nothing like what Bobby Valentine experienced when he took over as manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. "I was told I had a catcher who couldn't catch my closer,...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jason Varitek was a minor league catcher with an uncertain future when the Red Sox acquired him, with pitcher Derek Lowe, from the Seattle Mariners for reliever Heathcliff Slocumb. Much of the media coverage of that trade dealt wi...

Jason Varitek's hands said he could still play, but his heart said otherwise.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Bobby Valentine had already tweaked one Yankee, Derek Jeter, in his media session Tuesday. He then took the opportunity to poke another when asked to assess Jason Varitek, the Sox catcher who will retire Thursday. "From afar, h...

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine took subtle jabs at A-Rod and Derek Jeter.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Good morning from the Fort, where the early talk in camp is Jason Varitek's retirement. The captain, six weeks ahead of his 40th birthday, plans to announce his retirement Thursday. @JerryRemysGrill just tweeted a videotape Tu...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With Tim Wakefield retired and Jason Varitek sitting at home unsigned, David Ortiz becomes the longest-tenured member of the Red Sox, having signed nine years ago, in 2003. Asked how that felt, Ortiz replied: "Not good." "It...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jason Varitek, who was offered a minor-league contract and an invitation to big-league camp by the Boston Red Sox, was absent Sunday on the reporting date for the team's pitchers and catchers, and a source close to the longtime Bo...

Jason Varitek, who was offered a minor-league contract and an invitation to big-league camp by the Boston Red Sox, was absent Sunday on the reporting date for the team's pitchers and catchers.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With Tim Wakefield retiring Friday afternoon, can Jason Varitek be far behind? Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said he has talked with Varitek "here and there," but insisted he doesn't know what Varitek plans to do. V...

BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez had a message for the Red Sox on Friday night: They should not cut ties with Jason Varitek. Not now. Not ever. "If there are any Red Sox management here, you cannot let 'Tek go," Martinez said at a charity dinner in his ho...

DALLAS -- Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek, two decorated relics who began with the Red Sox in the Dan Duquette era, appear to be nearing the end of the line in Boston. Wakefield has been with the Red Sox since 1995, after Duquette rescued him when...