Wake's Take.

Tim Wakefield sat down to talk with the media today.

The gist: He's glad to have Varitek back. He's happy with the players the club has added, especially the pitchers. The person on Sons of Sam Horn who said that Wake was considering retirement didn't know what he was talking about--Wakefield never considered retirement. He'll miss Kevin Cash but he has faith in Josh Bard or if it Kottaras or Brown if that's what it came to. He also like John Smoltz. But he had this to say regarding Varitek:

"Words can't describe what Jason Varitek means to this club. To use the cliches, he's the glue that holds the ship together."

Say what?

I'm no shipwright but if I'm on a boat, I'd like to think that there's more than glue keeping it from sinking into the ocean.