Comparing Varitek's "defense" to Pudge's is like comparing Don Buddin's defense to Luis Aparicio's
Varitek can't throw out an old lady and is a passed ball machine (even though many get scored as wild pitches). He calls a great game, granted, but that's just one aspect of catching. He can't throw and he can't hit his weight any more. And as the Sox pitching staff matures, his pitch calling becomes less significant. Beckett and Schilling, if he comes back, don't need a great pitch-calling catcher, and neither does Dice K at this point. Lester can think on his own too, and as far as Bucholtz goes, how much worse could he have been this year with Cash calling the game?
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