NEW YORK — Could there have been a better hitless debut in major league baseball? Jackie Bradley Jr., the Portland Sea Dogs sensation last year, is now the rookie wonder for the Boston Red Sox. His box score on Monday: 0 for 2, three walks, two runs, one RBI. We can add heads-up base-running that […]
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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Red Sox pummel Yankees on Opening Day, 8-2
Yes, there are 161 more games, but Boston gets off to a great opening-day start by trouncing the Yankees. In New York.
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On Baseball: Improved pitching a must for Red Sox
When the Boston Red Sox experienced their September collapse in 2011, starting pitching proved to be the fault line in the foundation. Josh Beckett and Jon Lester both had ERAs over five in the final month of the season. A frail John Lackey had a 9.13 ERA. Clay Buchholz was hurt. But that was supposedly […]
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On Baseball: An unpredictable division
Boston Manager John Farrell insists the Yankees will be a good team this year.
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On Baseball: As teacher, Joppie hits it out of the park
FORT MYERS, Fla. – When Will Middlebrooks walks from the Red Sox spring training clubhouse toward the indoor batting cages, he looks for a familiar face. And when Middlebrooks finds Dave Joppie, he goes into his hitting routine, established when the two worked together in Portland two years ago. “I still go to his cage […]
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On Baseball: A painful year behind him, Ranaudo looks for fresh start
You can still make Anthony Ranaudo grimace. Just walk up and say: Two-thousand and twelve. Ouch. Not a lot of pleasant memories from 2012. “Definitely a year to forget,” Ranaudo said. “I just have to put 2012 behind me.” So many times Ranaudo has said those words, in interview after interview. The former No. 1 […]
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Claws cling to hope
A victory over Erie lets Portland keep pace with Fort Wayne in the race for the final playoff berth.
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Bard will begin the season back in Portland
Daniel Bard needs more consistency, and coaches feel he’ll be less rushed in Portland than Pawtucket.
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Daniel Bard to start season with Portland
The Sea Dogs’ roster has not been set, but the team knows they are getting at least one major league reliever.
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Three games left, Claws clinging to playoff hopes
Maine plays its final home game Thursday night, then visits Erie for two games next week.