Archive for the ‘Minors’ Category
Return Trip
Saturday, July 22, 2017 – Hadlock Field, Portland Yard Goats 5, Sea Dogs 0 Usually I only make it to one Sea Dogs game a year, but this year I had a second one. It came only two weeks after the first, but my return didn’t come soon enough to see top prospect Rafael Devers, […]
Posted in: 2017 Games, Minors
Short Stop
Saturday, July 8, 2017 – Hadlock Field, Portland Fightin’ Phils 4, Sea Dogs 3 After a span of four Red Sox games in six days, I had a gap of almost three weeks before I’d be back to Fenway. So while the big leaguers went on a ten-game road trip that would be followed by […]
Posted in: 2017 Games, Minors
Seeing the Sea Dogs
Saturday, June 25, 2016 – Hadlock Field, Portland Fightin’ Phils 8, Sea Dogs 3 While the Red Sox were on the road in Texas, I made my annual trip to Portland to see the Double A Sea Dogs. Late June seemed to be the perfect time – top prospects Andrew Benintendi and Yoan Moncada had […]
Posted in: 2016 Games, Minors
See Dogs
Saturday, July 27, 2013 – Fenway Park, EMC Club Sea Dogs 5, Senators 2 I was watching the Red Sox game on Friday night after a busy week which had included three games at Fenway, when I saw a commercial for Futures at Fenway for approximately the thousandth time. Futures at Fenway is the annual […]
Posted in: 2013 Games, Minors
Hot Stove Party
Saturday, January 26, 2013 – McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket PawSox Hot Stove Party As far as I’m concerned, a cold Saturday morning after a week in which Boston’s temperature never rose above freezing is a perfect time to talk baseball. And somehow the annual PawSox Hot Stove Party had once again managed to fall on one […]
Posted in: Events, Minors
Hot Stove on a Cold Night
Friday, January 13, 2012 – McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket PawSox Hot Stove League Party On Friday night it was time for an annual tradition, the Pawtucket Red Sox’ Hot Stove League Party. The free event gives fans a chance to meet some of the top prospects in the organization, ask questions, and get autographs. In the […]
Futures At Fenway
Saturday, August 20, 2011 – Fenway Park, Section 32 Game 1 – Mets 6, Sea Dogs 4, 11 inn. With the Red Sox on the road in Kansas City, Fenway Park played host to what is now an annual event, the Futures at Fenway minor league doubleheader. It was my first time attending this event, […]
Posted in: 2011 Games, Minors
Rain – What a Surprise!
Sunday, August 7, 2011 – McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket After attending Saturday afternoon’s exciting win over the Yankees, I got home around 9:30. But at 10:30, I was on my way out again, this time headed to work for a midnight implementation. (I work in IT, so many of our projects have to go in overnight, […]
Posted in: 2011 Games, Minors
A Visit to Lowell
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 – LeLacheur Park, Lowell IronBirds 1, Spinners 0, 11 inn. The day after Jacoby Ellsbury’s walkoff hit, I went to Lowell to watch the short-season Single A Spinners take on the Aberdeen IronBirds, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. I’m pretty familiar with the higher levels of the Red Sox organization, […]
Posted in: 2011 Games, Minors
A Minor Diversion
Saturday, July 16, 2011 – Hadlock Field, Portland Rock Cats 5, Sea Dogs 4 While the Red Sox took on the Rays in their first series after the All-Star break, I traveled to Portland, Maine, for my annual look at the Double A affiliate Sea Dogs. My family jokes that we know what day it’s […]
