Flowers from Varitek

Regarding the latest Manny Ramirez controversy, Terry Francona had this to say:

I'll take a guy hitting .500 that's miserable, as opposed to somebody who seems like they're passing out bouquets of roses to teammates and they're hitting .145."

Like the universally-loved Jason Varitek, whose is hitting .148 since June 1 with all of four extra base hits. Yet he keeps coming up with men on base late in games and there is nary a pinch hitter to be found.

Bouquets of roses indeed.

Tags: Boston Red Sox Jason Varitek Manny Ramirez