Our Fearful Trip is Not Quite Done.

In a surprise to-absolutely-no-one move, Jason Varitek exercised his player option yesterday afternoon to become Boston's backup catcher. I guess it's okay. His teammates all seem to like him and feel that he's important (though maybe Kottaras less so in this instance). He did have a nice start to last season, so maybe he'll benefit from the extra time off. A girl can hope, right?