Screen grab from the NESN trailer
Beginning tomorrow night, NESN will be airing two specials on Jason Varitek and his career.
I’m not here to debate with people what kind of person he is off the field. I know a lot of people will jump all over the rumors that surrounded him the last couple of seasons. For the purposes of this discussion, I couldn’t care less about that stuff. What these specials on NESN say to me is, there is more than a great chance we’ve seen the last of our Captain on the field and that just about rips my heart out.
I know he isn’t the player he used to be, but he’s ours and the idea that he won’t be in that clubhouse in 2011…well, it’s something I was hoping not to have to think about for a while. Unfortunately, NESN will have none of my denial so tomorrow night at 7:30 the Red Sox Report will begin their two-part series on the Captain. It’ll be tough to watch without getting emotional, but I’m looking forward to it. It might be the only thing to look forward to on NESN until Red Sox baseball starts up again.
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