Fans cheer as the Portland Sea Dogs get a hit during their home opener at Hadlock Field earlier this month. Hadlock Field has been named as one of the top-10 best minor league ballparks by Baseball America. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) Hadlock Field was named one of the top 10 minor league ballparks, in a […]
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Ockimey, Stankiewicz lift Sea Dogs over Yard Goats
Sea Dogs first baseman Josh Ockimey, right, celebrates with teammates Jeremy Rivera, Cole Sturgeon and Esteban Quiroz after driving them home with a grand slam in the seventh inning against the Hartford Yard Goats on Thursday at Hadlock Field. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — The first two weeks of April had not been the […]
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Sea Dogs: Poyner makes brief return to Hadlock Field
Last April he was the unknown reliever, pitching in Class A. Like any minor leaguer, Bobby Poyner enjoyed it when a major league player made a rehab assignment with his team because tradition calls for the big leaguer to pay for the postgame meal. This April, Poyner is the one writing the check, supplying barbecue […]
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Sturgeon jump starting Sea Dogs' offense from leadoff spot
Cole Sturgeon of the Portland Sea Dogs takes the field at the start of the game Saturday, April 14, 2018. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Portland Sea Dogs manager Darren Fenster said Cole Sturgeon bats leadoff because he’s a good table setter. In the first inning Friday night, Sturgeon set the table and served up […]
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Pomeranz pitches Portland to home win
Sea Dogs’ starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz throws against Binghamton on Friday at Hadlock Field. (Ben McCanna/Press Herald Photo). PORTLAND — Drew Pomeranz believes he’s ready for Boston. His teammates for one game, the Portland Sea Dogs, shared in his success Friday night with a 4-2 win over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies before a sold-out home […]
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Tim Tebow the talk of Sea Dogs' home opener
Fans take photos of Tim Tebow of Binghamton as he takes practice swings before batting on Friday night at Hadlock Field in Portland. (Derek Davis/Press Herald Photo) The crowd cheered when the .167 hitter came to the plate, and then cheered when Drew Pomeranz struck him out, as if the Major League pitcher had accomplished […]
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Tim Tebow and Drew Pomeranz headline Sea Dogs’ home opener
Portland begins its 25th season at Hadlock Field, complete with a former NFL quarterback and current Red Sox starter competing. The home portion of the Portland Sea Dogs’ 25th season begins Friday night at Hadlock Field. An old reliable, the Bellamy Jazz Band, will be out front, welcoming an expected sellout crowd. Inside the park, […]
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Tebow hits homer on first Double-A pitch, Rumble Ponies blank Sea Dogs
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Tim Tebow sure knows how to make an entrance. Playing his first game in Double-A ball, Tebow hit a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw. The New York Mets minor leaguer connected on a frigid Thursday night at home for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the Eastern League, facing Portland. […]
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Sea Dogs open against Tebow, Rumble Ponies
Portland Sea Dogs media day. Pitcher Mike Shawaryn reaches for his glove in the clubhouse at Hadlock Field on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) Darren Fenster may be new to managing baseball at the Double-A level, but he’s experienced something most of his Portland Sea Dogs players have not: Tebow-mania. When the […]
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Minor League Baseball to begin extra innings with runner on second base
New Hampshire Fiser Cats’ Richard Urena safely dives back to first before Sea Dogs’ first baseman Henry Urrutia can put the tag on him during a game in Portland in July. (Sun Journal file photo) Fans at Portland’s Hadlock Field will see a significant change in 2018: Runners at second base to start extra innings. […]