Tek Check

Couldn't let this slide, in reference to my commentary on Varitek about a week ago. Et tu Francona?

Francona said before Sunday's game that he wasn't aware of the ESPNdeportes interview. And he didn't know whether Ramirez was in a good mood.

"I'm not sure that matters," Francona said. "I'd take a guy that's hitting .500 that's miserable as opposed to a guy that hands out bouquets to his teammates and is hitting a buck 45. ... You move on. The goal is to get better from it. I think we've done a good job of that here."

Francona woke up in a cold sweat 14 hours later at 2am and yelled "FUCK! I made it too obvious!"

Jason Varitek .218/.302/.358. Still in bouquet saving territory, but only just.