Boston is the happiest 1-6 team in baseball after beating archrival New York
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 Notebook: Doubront called to help bullpen
BOSTON – Among the moves meant to give the Boston Red Sox a little spark was the activation of former Sea Dogs left-hander Felix Doubront. To make room for Doubront, the Red Sox designated Dennys Reyes for assignment, the first step in trading or releasing him. Reyes had been one of a mob of left-handers […]
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They’re off to a hot start
The Sea Dogs shrug off the cold and have ‘a lot of fun’ with an opening-night victory.
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Sea Dogs Notebook: Chiang’s progress is drawing attention
Chih-Hsien Chiang gets three hits in Portland’s opener after a ‘terrific spring’ at training camp.
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It’s the way to Fenway
As another season begins tonight, the Sea Dogs get the chance to make some big impressions.
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Inside look at Dogs’ starters
Former major league pitcher Bob Kipper has two daughters back home in Greer, S.C. In Portland, Kipper becomes the father figure, mentor and coach to a bunch of 20-somethings that make up the Portland Sea Dogs’ pitching staff.
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Maxwell takes aim at his best chance
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hundreds of players put in their time through March, and into early April, on the five baseball fields at the Boston Red Sox player development complex here. They threw, hit, and sweat a lot, trying to impress those making the decisions about their futures. A player’s standing in the organization will […]
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On Baseball: Boles learned from his father’s example
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Kevin Boles wanted to talk baseball when he checked in with his dad at the end of the day. But John Boles, a career baseball man, put baseball on the back burner. “I would want to talk about how the Little League game went or how the high school game went […]
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On Baseball: Sea Dogs will again be young, but development is the goal
FORT MYERS, Fla. – When Arnie Beyeler, then the Portland Sea Dogs manager, talked about his talented team last year, he emphasized one word. Youth. It was a young roster that would make youthful mistakes, Beyeler warned. But the youngsters would get better. “I’d much rather be sitting here with a lot of talent instead […]
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Weather suddenly a hot topic
FORT MYERS, Fla. – They talked about weather around the cage as the Portland Sea Dogs took batting practice Friday morning. Coaches and players were not speaking of the 80 degrees and sunshine at the player development complex. They were talking about the snow that was falling on Hadlock Field in Portland. With the season […]