Christian Vazquez, known for defense, is on an offensive tear, including a 10th-inning triple that leads to a walk-off win over New Hampshire.
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas does not always write about baseball. It just seems that way, starting with his early days covering spring training for the St. Petersburg Times, to his current role of bi-locating at both Hadlock Field and Fenway Park, reporting on the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox. In the off-season, he still writes about baseball, while venturing to hockey rinks and basketball arenas, especially when it comes to the University of Maine and local colleges. Thomas has received awards for his work, but his greatest prize is home, which includes one patient wife, nine children and an aging chocolate Labrador.
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Sea Dogs enjoying Spring time
Catcher Matt Spring keeps delivering in the clutch, belting a three-run double in a 5-3 win at Hadlock.
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On Baseball: The Art of the minor league deal on display in Manchester, N.H.
MANCHESTER, N.H. – When the New Hampshire Fisher Cats joined the Eastern League in 2004, there was talk of a state border rivalry between the Manchester team and the Portland Sea Dogs. But the Sea Dogs saw the rivalry dealing with more than baseball games. Manchester wanted to be affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. […]
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Binghamton aided by Portland’s miscues
Three late errors help seal the Sea Dogs’ fate.
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On Baseball: These Dogs are a special breed
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Want to know a few things about this Portland Sea Dogs team that comes back to Hadlock Field tonight? They have won 23 of 38 games, the best start of a Portland team since it became a Red Sox affiliate, just ahead of the vaunted 2005 club (think Papelbon, Lester and Pedroia). […]
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Kevin Thomas: Their biggest relief would be call to majors
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Relief pitching is a world of up and downs. You notice that when you look at the pitchers here for this Portland Sea Dogs-New Hampshire Fisher Cats series, and who is not here. CHRIS MARTIN is not here. He is the first bonafide promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket from Portland this season. […]
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On Baseball: Portland wise to beware of former Sea Dogs
BOSTON – At least three former Sea Dogs are still in the Eastern League and one, Tommy Hottovy, will likely be facing his old team this week. Hottovy, 31, is relieving for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Hottovy pitched in parts of five seasons for the Sea […]
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Sea Dogs aren’t hit and miss
Portland scores four runs on just five base hits vs. Reading.
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Cats’ turn to put Sea Dogs out
After two walk-offs by the Sea Dogs, New Britain wins a close one to end Portland’s seven-game winning streak.
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On Baseball: Red Sox future is well-armed, a fearsome foursome at Hadlock
BOSTON – Hadlock Field has featured its share of aces on the mound; pitchers with names like Jorge De La Rosa, Abe Alvarez, Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson, Felix Doubront and Junichi Tazawa. And there have been stellar rotations, like the 2005 group with Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, David Pauley and Kason Gabbard. The 2010 rotation […]