"Martinez met with reporters and commented on Boston's decision to remove Jason Varitek, Martinez's former primary catcher, from his role as the team's game planning and run prevention coordinator. Martinez said he hasn't spoken with Varitek since the decision was made and isn't sure why the organization did it."
""To be honest, I'm not gonna go into details without knowing why because I haven't really been inside the offices. I'm pretty sure they're gonna let me know," Martinez said (via MassLive's Christopher Smith). "There's gotta be a reason, because Tek means so much to this city, just like every one of us. Like David [Ortiz], like all of us that won in '04, and the legends that were out there."
""To me, Tek is a legend here. I'm not gonna go into details because I don't know. If I knew, I'll tell you straight up, too. I'll tell you why. But I don't know. But, very unfortunate that I don't get to see my battery mate out there, giving me a hug and probably receiving the baseball from me when I threw it today.""
""There's gotta be a reason, because Tek means so much to this city, just like every one of us. Like David [Ortiz], like all of us that won in '04, and the legends that were out there.""
A group of Red Sox legends returned to Fenway Park to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the team’s first home game. Wade Boggs, Carlton Fisk, Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Jim Rice, and Carl Yastrzemski were honored and threw out first pitches before Boston beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0. After the festivities, difficult conversations occurred amid the team’s losing record and recent mass firing of coaches. Martinez met with reporters and addressed Boston’s removal of Jason Varitek from his game planning and run prevention coordinator role. Martinez said he has not spoken with Varitek since the decision and does not know why it happened, calling Tek a legend to the city and expressing disappointment about not seeing his former battery mate.
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