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...inherited that job last May when Stan Bahnsen was traded to Oakland," Varney said last week in reference to his extra responsibility, one which compelled him to come to Florida a month early for the player negotiations...
...Varney, however, has been catching more than pitched baseballs recently. As the White Sox player representative he's had to handle the verbal abuse from the owners this spring, which has been almost as tough as Wilbur Wood's knuckleballs...
...primary task, Varney will most likely spend the summer alternating with Brian Downing (no, not Brian Dowling) behind the White Sox plate as he did last season, his first full one in the majors...
...road from Loyal Park to White Sox stadium had first taken Varney to such tourist traps as Ashville, N.C., Tucson, Ariz., and Des Moines, Iowa. After having received his masters degree in minor league baseball, Varney earned a spot with the big boys...
...knew that I wanted to be a professional baseball player in college," Varney said while watching the White Sox defeat the Pirates, 4-2, in the first game of the twinbill. "I had spoken to the Dallas [as in football] Cowboys as a free agent, but they didn't offer me any money," so Varney signed with the Chisox a month after leading the Crimson batmen to the 1971 College World Series...