That's not the only stereotype these women have to deal with. In a post-Kobe world, everyone assumes that athletes' long absences involve on-the-road hanky-panky. Perhaps surprisingly, these women say they don't worry about that. Groupies throwing themselves at their husbands is just part of their lives. "It's hard to say you get used to it, but it's kinda like you just have to deal with it," Karen Varitek says. "Everyone's got to understand, though, that he's a married guy with a family." She says she knows about other guys on the team cheating. "But after talking to friends, I've pretty much figured out that it happens in the business world, too. [Our husbands] do have more opportunity because they're away a lot, but so do businessmen who travel." Anyway, she says, she and Jason are strong Christians who go to Bible study even during the season (along with the Mirabellis). "And that's really what keeps us going: our faith in God, and you've gotta have faith in each other and trust each other."
Oops! So much for that Bible study. The Captain must have missed the part that says, "Thou shall not covet anything in a skirt."
Sox catcher Jason Varitek is splitting with his wife, Karen. The team captain filed for divorce July 28 in Gwinnett County, Ga., where the couple live in the offseason. They were married in 1997 and have three daughters, ages 8, 6, and 3. Varitek is in the final year of a four-year, $40-million contract he signed after the BoSox won the World Series in 2004. He'll be a free agent at the end of this season, though he turns 37 in April and is hitting just .216. Neither Varitek's attorney, Pamela Tremayne, nor his wife's attorney, Jonathan Levine, returned our phone calls yesterday.
I wonder what Jason's favorite kids movie is...?
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I don't believe it.
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