As the playoffs continue to look out of reach, player response is important.
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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On Baseball:All he needs is a chance, wherever it is
PORTLAND – Nate Spears returned home in September 2004. Only there was no home. Just one month earlier while Spears was playing his first full season of professional baseball, Hurricane Charley exploded onto Florida’s southwest coast, ripping through Spears’ hometown of Port Charlotte. “I went home and didn’t recognize it,” Spears said. Family and friends […]
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No bark to Sea Dogs’ late threat
Portland leaves nine runners on base, including two in the ninth with one out in a one-run loss to New Britain.
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Dogs give Kelly some help
Casey Kelly earns his second win of the season as Portland finally beats New Britain’s Kyle Gibson.
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On Baseball: He’s top-notch, no matter what the numbers may say
PORTLAND – Followers of the Portland Sea Dogs and the Red Sox minor- league system have seen many a pitching prospect step onto the Hadlock Field mound and deliver. Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz come to mind. Then there are names like Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Junichi Tazawa and, this year, Felix Doubront. […]
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Sea Dogs do it all, and quite well, too
Portland gets explosive hitting, strong pitching and solid defense to put away New Hampshire, 11-4.
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Sea Dogs: A glimpse of what’s to come
New Hampshire manages a 6-5 win, but Sea Dogs starter Casey Kelly shows why the Sox signed him.
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On Baseball:He’d love the call, but he’s not waiting on it
PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Bubba Bell stepped in to bat in the first inning. He worked the count before stroking an opposite-field line drive to left. Bubba can hit. In his next at-bat, Bell’s eyes widened on the fastball coming inside. He turned on it and crushed it well beyond the right-field wall. Bubba can still […]
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A mound of trouble
Adam Loewen has given up pitching but his hitting is just fine as he leads the Fisher Cats past the Dogs.