AP: "Hire 'Tek!:" Red Sox Fans Make Pitch For Varitek

By Gethin Coolbaugh, Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox have a list of characteristics they want in their next manager, but they haven't yet landed on a name.

Their fans have one in mind.

Three days after the Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora for his involvement in a cheating scandal, supporters pleaded for Boston's front offie to hire former catcher and team captain Jason Varitek at a town hall event Friday during the team's winter festival.

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