Down goes the Captain by Jared Carrabis
Jason Varitek pulls a Pedey, breaks foot, out 4-6 weeks


(WBZTV.com) -- A major league source tells WBZ-TV's Dan Roche Thursday night that Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek could miss 4-6 weeks due to a leg injury. It's believed that it may be a broken foot.

Originally reported by Dan Roche over at WBZ, Jason Varitek will miss six weeks with a broken foot.

At this point, things have gotten a little ridiculous. Varitek will join list, longer than Manny’s hair, of Red Sox who are currently on the disabled list.

They’ve won without Josh Beckett. They’ve won without Dustin Pedroia and Victor Martinez, but it has been a very small sample size of games to promise that this team can grind out the rest of the first half, without a third of their starting lineup and half of their bench.

Varitek, who fouled a pitch off of his foot during Wednesday’s loss to the Rays, was an injury that some Red Sox fans deemed impossible. There were some Red Sox fans who witnessed the Red Sox’ captain at his 2010 Celebrity Putt-Putt for charity, and he looked to be injury free.

However, it was later confirmed on Boston.com’s Extra Bases that the injury was for real, and we would have to go six weeks without the team captain.

Earlier in the day, the Red Sox traded for Kevin Cash, as the journeyman catcher will have to split the workload with Gustavo Molina for nine games, until the MLB All Star Game.

Tweet of the Night: I know that I never do the TOTN on off-days, but this one is definitely appropriate. Keep in mind that I tweeted this before the announcement of Tek to the DL.

@Jared_Carrabis: I'm at the @LowellSpinners game, and they just announced the #RedSox DL. The segment took about 45 minutes.

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Published on July 02, 2010

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