Jason Varitek News

Ken Griffey Jr. and the Mariners agreed Wednesday to another one-year contract that will keep the popular slugger in Seattle next year.

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Scott Boras definitively said to ignore reports to the contrary that Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has not decided whether to pick up his $3 million player option for next season.

So it looks like a couple of long, long-time teammates will be teammates at least a little longer still.

Matsui and Damon both said after the Yankees ' six-game victory over Philadelphia last week that they would like to stay with New York.

The Red Sox picked up catcher Victor Martinez's $7.1 million option for the 2010 season on Monday, but the news wasn't as good for captain Jason Varitek, whose $5 million club option was declined, leaving the 37-year-old catcher five days to exercise his club option of $3 million.

Keeping up with the Joneses becomes an even tougher task when your hated next-door neighbor cruised through the defending world champs on their way to a World Series victory.

After losing two of three games to the team with the worst record in the majors, the White Sox know better than to take a depleted Boston team lightly when they visit Fenway Park for a three-game series starting Monday night.

If you're a Red Sox fan, there is only one reason to watch the World Series: To root against the Yankees.

Will Victor Martinez be the full-time catcher next year and will Jason Varitek still be around? -- Liam R., Roslindale, Mass.

The greatest season in modern Red Sox history opened with the team's two aces sniping at Boston's sports media, chroniclers of the franchise's ancient culture of doom.

Right after game three and the sweep of the Boston Red Sox at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels, I watched Kevin Youkilis on NESN , answering questions about getting swept, and he says calmly "yes, it's frustrating, but it's time to look forward to next season." While I'd like to see Youkilis be pissed...it is time to look forward to the ...

Leta s get one thing out of the way: Therea s no way Ia ll be doing any Yankee cheering this October.

General Hospital to repair the herniated disc that derailed his season after the All-Star break.

Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield underwent back surgery Wednesday, according to the Boston Herald.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - For the second offseason in a row, Jason Varitek has a decision to make.

Despite scoring the third most runs in baseball this season, the Red Sox offense couldn't rise to the occasion in their brief post-season. That's because two of those three games were played away from Fenway Park.

Theo Epstein: "I ain't mad. I'm just disappointed." Four years ago, the Red Sox were swept out of the playoffs by the Chicago White Sox.

There was a point last offseason where the Red Sox had to make a decision about Jason Varitek.

The Red Sox have had four team captains since 1923a 'Jimmie Foxx, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, and the current captain, Jason Varitek.A So many great players have played for the Red Sox throughout the years, so being named the captain is a prestigious honor.A Prior to Varitek being named in 2005, the Red Sox hadn't played with a captain since Rice ...