I’m a high school fried of Gary. We were QB and he was a great mentor of mine. Sorry to hear he is leaving the Red Sox. He is a great guy.
Sal

That is very sad The young sox catcher I’m sure will miss him much. I’m guessing Cleveland ?

crapcrapcrapcrapcrap. he made a lot of progress with Salty and he could’ve done that with Lavarnway

Salty is bad defensively, game calling, and framing pitches.  He isn’t a good catcher.  They need to start stressing the importance of pitch framing.  Having these poor catchers is the reason Lester gets so upset over missing the borderline calls, they miss so many close calls because he’s terrible at framing.  One of the Molina’s would dramatically change this staff.

Might be out of protest for the way they treated Atchison. 

Can’t believe Tek would want that job.

Intrigue, the timing of this is a bit shoddy and points to some sort of behind the scenes tribulations, or health issues. Either way, an odd situation to be in shortly before camp breaks scrambling to replace a member of the coaching staff. I shall not mourn his loss however, it’s fairly obvious people of tenure have done very little to motivate the current Red Sox.

 Last week he just finished what the call Camp Tuck for the young catchers like Lavarnway.

The timing is such that you have to suspect a personal issue or something happened to really tick him off.  Have to wait for some out of town reporters to break the story I guess.

I just wish the Red Sox could tell the truth about why he is leaving!  The Red Sox FO leaves a lot to be desired and this is just on of the many reasons why!

 Well, there’s a spot for Tek. 

Well that sucks.  The guy was an asset to this team.  Well, hopefully the next guy can get the job done.

 Too soon for Tek. 

If he’s retiring for a medical reason, the Sox are not free to release information. HIPPA rules.

Come on Doug… the front office doesn’t always have the liberty to speak freely when personal situations are involved, as is likely the case here. Bash them for real reasons, but let this play out. As a business owner, I’d never tell outsiders why one of my employees was leaving, whether they’re going to a competitor or having personal issues. There are legal and privacy issues to consider, and I think someone like Tuck has earned the respect to speak to the public in his own time and on his own terms.

Why the hell is the subject of the bullpen coach/catcher instructor seem to be coming up the past few years?  Is this guy a drama queen or have issues?

Tek being there maybe??

The drama “queens” are the owners…….Doesn’t anyone see this?

Lesters whining stopped him from getting the close calls.

There’s no crying in baseball.Why did they treat Athcheson badly? Thats baseball he just did’nt fit in this time around.No team has treated their players better then the Red Sox.

tek is a catcher not a pitching coach. it matters to pitchers alot.
letting “great scott” go is a big ??????

We wish the best to a fine friend of the Red Sox nation!

I never saw any progress with Salty, he has to be one of the worst catchers in the league, defensively, and outside of some power, he is a lousy hitter as evidenced by his stats.  Maybe Terry will get him for the Indians, it’s sad, all the mystery, no answers, how about a little truth from the FO?

You are right, I spoke with emotions, not thinking and using common sense, thanks.

It’s the pitchers fault that they suck. There is ZERO proof that catchers have any REAL influence on how well a pitcher throws.

His pastballs went down from 26 to 6. That isn’t even a little improvement?

Another note: The media at EEI is awful. We never get any answers because they are awful (Except for Speier) at what they do. Just my opinion