SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — “Hire Varitek!”
As Red Sox owner John Henry explained how the Sox planned on building the team moving forward while speaking at the Town Hall event during the Red Sox sixth-annual Winter Weekend, the audience had a demand for him: hire former catcher Jason Varitek as manager.
Inside the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, fans had the opportunity on Friday to ask the Red Sox front office questions of their choosing. Given the parting of ex-manager Alex Cora, the hot topic was how Henry, chairman Thomas C. Werner, president and CEO Sam Kennedy, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and general manager Brian O’Halloran were going to approach the team next season.