Found August 18, 2008 on Lansdowne 9:
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox
PLAYERS: Jason Varitek
Is Jason Varitek's personal life affecting his performance on the field? The answer is no. If you haven't heard by now, 'Tek and his wife, Karen, recently split-up after 12 years of marriage. We're hearing the news now, but Varitek filed for divorce about 3 weeks ago. One can make a case that Varitek's struggles at the plate may pertain to his off-the-field issues. It's surely a possibility. Last year we witnessed J.D. Drew struggle out of the gate due to a coupl...

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  • His wife was absent during ST in Florida and didnt attend any of the wives charity functions.. they problems started before Heidi Slutney joined NESN.. I still don't like her though.. Give Amalie more air time- she is smarter and funnier. they wont though until she becomes bimbo-ized
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  • Pinkpanthrrr
    sweet! that means I still have a chance! lol.
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  • Are you kidding me?? Let's wipe off some of that shellac and see how "good-looking" Whitney is? Karen Varitek is a natural beauty who has class and a heart of gold. I don't care how the Sox wind up at the end of the season, Jason has already lost!
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  • WillyBadger
    As the Peski pole turns so are women who wish to date Don Zimmer
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  • I think she should be fired! It is a disgrace to her job as a female reporter
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  • His struggles are a result of being an aged, crippled catcher
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  • why do you think she wanted that job in the first place?
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  • As a person who lives in Fresno, we apologize. And I thought only our former women's basketball coach was a discrace. "Heidi Watney, broadcasting live from Missoula, Montana for the 14th annual 2009 Outdoorsman games"
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  • Innocent until proven guilty. I know heidi. Let's wait until the facts come out. She's a nice girl with a good family and morals. She's not a bimbo and she doesn't just "bang" ballplayers. Hold your judgement.
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  • Bottom Line is that VARITEK quit on his family and he might as well QUIT on the team because .216 batting average and "CAPTAIN" doesn't cut it!
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  • Apparently Tek was having problems long before these rumors. I guess everyone in this forum is jealous, as if Heidi was a dog and this was kept in more of a QT , no one would care.
    Heidi is an extremely attractive lady and anyone, especially other women, wound want to write something negative here. I say more power to Jason if he is just tagging her or he really cares for her.
    I just found it funny for those 2 to hook up, as Tek is no Don Juan. If it was Jacobey, It would make more sense. Who knows, maybe they are just good friends.
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  • i think anyone that chooses to be the "other woman", before a divoce is final, and there are young children involved....is just as dirty as the guy who's doing the cheating.... i had a lot of respect for varitek until now....although, i guess it is not my place to judge
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  • rule no. 1 in journalism: never EVER sleep with the people you are covering! (even if you are, as heidi is, more eye candy than a real reporter.) if these rumors are true, the real media needs to report this ethics violation just as it does when it discovers one of its own has fabricated, plagarized or committed some other ethics violation.
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  • She should be fired as she is a disgrace to all the female sideline, know nothing, bimbo reporters.
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  • No one even knows if shes going out with Varitek for sure. Heidi looks like a smart girl that really knows how to do her job. People she is hot, but just because shes hot, doesn't mean she's a slut. My sister is Heidi Watney's age, and she is engaged with a very nice man. Who even cares anyway, a lot of reporters date sports guys, look at Tom Brady, he dates lots of models. Jon Lester is dating a hotty too. Ya, ya Varitek left his family, but they were having problems, waaaayyyyy before Heidi Watney, I didn't see her that the charitey thing.
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  • has nothing to do wiyh heidi.hehas been washedup for acouple of years now
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  • Remember what George Harrison said gossip is the Devil's radio. Tome Tek is one of the most class ballplayers in the game today.
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  • you guys are so judgemental. no one knows if jason is banging this chick. ya'll act like you were there watching them in this "alleged" act.
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  • Hopefully, its all rumor. If not, she should find a job elsewhere(like the bunny ranch, or a street corner).
    Now that TEK is split with Karen, I wonder if he is staying in Newton year-round.
    Why are some calling Jason & Karen's divorce "Messy" ?? Did he get caught in the cookie jar ??
    Or maybe she did not like the long separations while he was traveling.
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  • I like a good love story. Of course if Tek and Watney officially hooked up many of these posters would call her a gold digger.
    Ms Watney comes across as a very nice girl and I hope nasty rumors don't get her canned.
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  • Wait a minute, wait a minute!!! Varitec is the married one, and although I am not a fan of Heidi (she flirts constantly with the camera) lets not label her as the one who broke up the marriage.
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  • If the rumors about Heidi are true, she is only one in a long line of Tek's infidelities. I know this based on a friend of mine who hooked up with Tek multiple times and has photos and texts to prove it. Karen V. finally caught on to his shenanigans. I say, good for her. She really was the most attractive and most pleasant of all the RS wives. She'll be missed at Fenway, for sure.
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  • Jason is my bodyguard and I think he would have told me if he was dating someone new but he didn't say anything to me about it
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