The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo, today, on David Ortiz's injury: "Will the Sox miss a massive force like Ortiz? Of course. He and Ramírez are the top power hitters in the lineup. But the player who has proven toughest to lose from the lineup is Jason Varitek."
Cafardo's would-be reasoning is that Varitek is a good pitch-caller. Cafardo declines to provide evidence of this pitch-calling skill or to clarify how such skill would make one the most difficult to lose from a lineup, especially when one is nearly the worst hitter on that lineup, which contains one of the best hitters ever and -- oh yes -- David Ortiz, who frequently gets more total bases in a game than Jason Varitek got throughout high school (both senses).
The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo Sr., August 1945, on the war: "Will the Japanese miss Nagasaki? Sure. It and Hiroshima are two populous cities. But the thing that would be toughest to lose is the emperor's favorite midget eunuch trapeze artist, Taki the No-Testes Clown, whose determined labors and trimmed beard unite the working classes in fealty to the empire."
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