Boston Herald: ‘Upset’ Varitek moves on without Mirabelli

Wow!...This is the biggest disaster since Ellie “and his .147 average...taught the Red Sox how to win in ‘67” Howard got released after ‘68!

Yesterday, weighing in for the first time, the Sox catcher/captain said he was “upset” by the move.

“I needed a few days, because I was upset,” said Varitek, who took morning batting practice at City of Palms Park but did not accompany the team to Bradenton for its Grapefruit League game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

“I’m not going to say I was boo-hoo crying, but there are some levels of trust in this game that you get to, and I had those with him. I’m not saying I won’t have that with Cash. I’ll give him the same opportunities and everything. But I just felt that with this team, at the time, that it was a hard one for me to swallow.

“I lose a very valuable teammate to me, and, I think, to this clubhouse. I’ve been through two world championships with him.”