Early Work

So what does that mean? Well, when the Sea Dogs are at home they usually arrive at the field 6 to 7 hours before a 6:00 PM start to work on those little things that are so important. For example, Hitting Coach Dave Joppie will throw soft toss to hitters that are working on certain mechanical adjustments…

A fraternity business

As
a play-by-play broadcaster, it is always a sad day when a fellow broadcaster
passes away. In this business, we all feel tied together, like a college
fraternity. With Ernie Harwell passing away yesterday, I was so amazed to
hear all the stories about him and how much he loved life and…

Back in Reading where it started

The 2010 opener was at First Energy Stadium in Reading, PA, and the Sea Dogs won the game 10–5. Tonight marks the return of Portland to Baseball Town.

Notes for today:

Saturday news and notes

It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame at Hadlock Field, the ‘Dogs and ‘Cats getting ready for game 2 of their 3-game series.

My view from the booth

New series

Notes from today:

‘DOGS SWEEP THE ‘CATS: Portland completed a 3-game sweep of the New Britain
Rock Cats with a 6–5 victory on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field…C Juan Apodaca and OF Ryan Kalish paced Portland’s offense with 2-run doubles…2B Nate Spears had a sacrifice fly and 1B…

Sea Dogs and New Britain

Greetings from New Britain Stadium, where tonight the Sea Dogs and Rock Cats begin a 3-game weekend series. This will be the third series between the two clubs, Portland has won all six meetings.

Notes from today’s media notes:

Major Day

Mike Cameron and Jacoby Ellsbury rehabbed with the Sea Dogs on Thursday afternoon…I’ll have more on that a bit later, including post-game sound. Heading to a team dinner tonight, looking forward to spending time with the front office and the players.

Leading Women Promotion held last night at Hadlock Field

SEA DOGS HONOR MAINE’S LEADING WOMEN

$1,900.00 Raised for the Amy St. Laurent Foundation

Portland, Maine-The Portland Sea Dogs and the Portland Press Herald held the first Leading…

What a series

Tonight the Sea Dogs open up a 3-game series against the Binghamton Mets at Hadlock Field. Portland completed a 3-game sweep of the Rock Cats over the weekend, including a 2–1 victory on Sunday. Portland’s pitchers allowed one hit on the day, but the story was the start of Kyle Weiland, who worked five…

No Mike Cameron today

NOW THAT WAS CRAZY: The Sea Dogs used a 5-run eighth inning to beat the
Trenton Thunder, 11–8 on Friday night at Hadlock Field…Portland batted around
in the eighth, receiving only one hit (Jose
Iglesias triple), five walks, but two wild pitches enabled runs to score…Iglesias
went 4-for-5…

What are the chances?

Tonight at Hadlock Field, the Sea Dogs will be giving away Daisuke Matsuzaka Bobbleheads on the same night that he’s pitching at Fenway Park. Daisuke rehabbed with the Sea Dogs last season at New Hampshire, and is the first of many great promotional nights at Hadlock Field this season.

Answering your questions

I’m getting a lot of e-mails and questions about what happened yesterday between Carlos Gutierrez and Luis Exposito. Portland Manager Arnie Beyeler will join me on the pre-game show. Yesterday, Gutierrez threw behind Exposito twice and hit him with a pitch later in the game. Click…

A special to the blog

A special to my blog from Sea Dogs Media Assistant Greg Cavavaugh

WELCOME TO THE SHOW 

Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron

Series not done yet

Back in Maine

It’s a Friday afternoon, and the Sea Dogs will open up a four-game series against the New Britain Rock Cats at Hadlock Field, game time is 7:00 PM. Portland is 10–2 against the Rock Cats, but lost 2 of 3 to New Britain in their previous series. The Rock…

Trying to end the streak

(Reading, PA) — The Sea Dogs have lost four straight games in Reading, PA after a 10–5 win on Opening Night (April 8).

In fact, C Luis Exposito hit his lone homer on opening day against LHP Matt German.