We've seen players in the past attribute poor seasons to bad family situations (Damon, for instance). I don't see Varitek doing that, but...

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds...es_for_divorce/

Sox catcher Jason Varitek (above) is splitting with his wife, Karen. The team captain filed for divorce July 28 in Gwinnett County, Ga., where the couple live in the offseason. They were married in 1997 and have three daughters, ages 8, 6, and 3. Varitek is in the final year of a four-year, $40-million contract he signed after the BoSox won the World Series in 2004. He'll be a free agent at the end of this season, though he turns 37 in April and is hitting just .216. Neither Varitek's attorney, Pamela Tremayne, nor his wife's attorney, Jonathan Levine, returned our phone calls yesterday.

Maybe this explains Lockland's comments. Has he been shopping his services to other teams?

Bingo.

PM for a the story if you really want it.

EDIT: I'm not going to answer the PMs any more and frankly I'm sorry I ever brought it up. This is really none of our business. My previous comment in the other thread was out of line, although what I know is true, it's probably true for 80% of baseball. My intent was really to just point out that what we want to believe about certain players is probably rarely true, they are human, the make mistakes and have flaws just like us.

Let's let this die.

I PM'd you just now and I am very interested in hearing what you have to say.

That being said, according to his brother there is no story. Just a divorce.

Who would want to remained married to a .216 hitter?

"I don't let .216 hitters hit it."

This isn't particularly surprising. She should be pretty well set for herself and their children financially, though.

Understood man, but is there ever really just a divorce?

I've suspected that Karen Varitek had reason to be concerned for the stability of their marriage since this article broke in the Globe back in 05':



Source

Personally, I wouldn't assume anything just because he has a female personal trainer. He's probably not the only professional baseball player who has a female personal trainer.

Besides, it's not like any professional baseball player only has a personal trainer as a potential source for such fun, it's not hard to guess what the road trips can be like for a large proportion of the MLB population. Besides, as any details of such episodes would have absolutely nothing to do with on field performance, there's really nothing to be gained from publicly airing them, as it could only cause an inevitable 3-way flame war between those "in the know", the fanboys, and the cynics.

Just to be clear, my post was tongue in cheek.

The only reason I was able to recall that article from 3 years ago (sometimes I scare even myself) was because my girlfriend made a big deal of that particular line (she's a big fan of his thighs).

edit: also, I believe Leslie Eddins is a dude...with a chick's name.

Leslie Eddins is a man.



Middle.

barely

I miss Wily Mo

I betcha he's banging A-Rod. Home-wrecker.

Anywho, sad to see a split in a family like that with such young children.

WooHoo!!

I mean, that's a shame. FWIW, I have heard that he has been banging Heidi Watney (who I would gladly switch teams for in a heartbeat)

Well said!


Karen (far left)....if you're looking for revenge s*x, or just feel like slumming it for awhile until you get back on your feet.........I'm your man, errr.....fan boy! Just PM me!

I always thought Varitek's wife was the most "normal" looking (read: not plastic, seems intelligent). I like her, if I wasn't married, I might let her swim in my ocean, if she asked nicely.

HA! Why am I not surprised to see my old friend Tessie lurking here...DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS MISSY?

Maybe the rumors of him banging Hazel Mae were true.

There's no way to ever quantify things like this, but it sure is weird that his season went in the shitter not too long after Ms. Watney joined the club. She came aboard on 5/6, so it stands to reason something probably would have started after a few weeks, and his slide into hitting hell began on June 1 basically.

I mean he had two months north of an 850 OPS to start the year, then just suddenly nosedived off the cliff. He was flat out raking the first two months.

It's possible that between his personal distractions and the immense amount of time he puts into game preparation for the pitching staff, that his hitting was what suffered.

...or he's just an aging catcher who kinda sucks at hitting now.

Bingo.

http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/028422.php

Yikes.

Clemens must have trouble finding middle aged women who are all ripped up on HGH to serve as doppelgangers for his wife.

Maybe it was a guy who looked just like Jason Varitek.

'Tek was already the most overrated player in recent Red Sox history (in my judgement). Apparently, he's also the most overrated "family man."

In fairness to him, he didn't ask to be labled as such, and its not like he can just say "look, you idiots, I cheat on my wife all the time, my wedding vows mean nothing to me," but...

Just saying.

He looks comfortable.

Does anybody here actually care about this?

Really? He looks to me like he's thinking, "This hat is too tight, the neck on my shirt is too tight, and I'm not sure about these red sunglasses. Hurry up and take the damn picture."

Hazel looks comfortable, though.

Yes.

Every hear of TMZ?

High profile athletes are celebrities, too.

TMZ is here?

My question wasn't whether anybody cares. I realize that many people care about the personal lives of celebrities, even if I don't understand why.

My question was whether anybody here does. If the answer to that, too, is yes, I guess the follow up would be why.

Ok.

Well, I could pretend that I don't care, but I'd be lying.

Look, one of the attractions to the Red Sox for me and my wife is that they really do go beyond just sports on the field--they're a form of entertainment for us. The Sox are like a real, life soap opera. They have interesting characters, good guys and bad. Its fun to follow them both on the field and off the field, and I've stayed in the same hotel as they have and had a chance to see some of the guys at Starbucks on the road hanging out with each other and their families and its cool--just like with movie stars or whatever.

Its just fun. Now, obviously this particular story isn't so much fun, but if a NESN girl really did break up his marriage--well then yeah, I'd be intersting in knowing about it.

answers my questions

I would say Im interested in the stories, because I like to learn about the players as people. Its curiosity.

I dont really care if he cheated on his wife, though.

He has all the qualifications of a candidate for President. Maybe Obama will pick him for Veep since Edwards showed remorse for being caught!

I care, especially if he's banging either Heidi Watney or Hazel Mae. Those may be unsubstantiated rumors, but I like them, because I would like to be banging Heidi Watney or Hazel Mae. Sad that he dumped his wife and three kids, but joy if he's landing sideline reporters.

TC better watch his back.

He looks photoshopped.


Nope.


Keep it in PI.

Fixed.

I really don't care too much about athletes as regular people. That goes for the good and the bad stuff.

OT: You realize that McCain actually did cheat on, and then left, his wife, right?

I read McCain's autobiography and it sounds like his marriage was dead when he came back from the POW camp. People change after eight years not seeing each other. If me and the wife didn't see each other for eight years, she'd probably have run off with a rich old geezer and I'd be playing golf every day and drinking Guinness.

OT: as blackjack suggested, probably best to pursue this in PI.

http://www.redsoxnation.net/forums/?showto...7854&st=140

I will post there, as you may have misunderstood the thought behind my post a bit.

Can we lock this? I don't see it serving any purpose moving forward, not that it really did up to this point. I'm ashamed to have participated in it.

I wasn't trying to drive any moral arguments here, just a joke.

I think the Edwards thing is very complicated on a lot of levels.

But what if his conquests come to light? And what if his wife says he's been sleeping with Timlin? Or some other Tomfoolery? The people deserve to know.

I'll bet Tek's wife asked Scott Boras what to do about a possible cheating situation and he suggested she opt-out of the final years of their marriage and then told Tek that things seemed "irretrievably broken" and he should get out now so his hitting doesnt suffer anymore and he can cash in on the free agency market. Then she receives half of Tek's money and Boras will get a portion of that for helping her out and a huge portion of Tek's new contract. He is an evil evil man.

What if the wife says he's been sleeping with TimlinInThe8th??

Well played sir.

It is frightening how much sense this makes.



I dont believe it, of course, but its an eerily plausible explanation...

The giveaway should have been the scarlet letter he wears.