The Yankees were going for a sweep of the Red Sox. The Sox were hoping to bounce back from a soul-crushing defeat Saturday, after blowing a 9-0 lead.
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: Red Sox grind out this win
BOSTON — Glitz and glamour. Pomp and pageantry. Those usually describe home-opening ceremonies at Fenway Park.
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Roster nearly set, Sea Dogs arrive in Portland
PORTLAND — They have spent the past six weeks in sunshine and high 80-degree temperatures.
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MLB: Plenty of keys for Red Sox to rebound
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Still smarting from the nosedive of last September, Boston Red Sox fans may be leery of the 2012 season, which begins Thursday in Detroit.
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ON BASEBALL: Cut day is never any fun
FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was early morning and baseball players gathered outside the minor league clubhouse at the new Red Sox complex here on the east side of town. Some stretched. Others headed for the indoor batting cages.
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ON BASEBALL: Questions remain in rotation
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Felix Doubront normally looks serious and focused, but his smile could not have been any wider Thursday afternoon, after he pitched well in a minor league game.
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RED SOX/SEA DOGS NOTEBOOK: Bowden ready for major leap
FORT MYERS, Fla. — He is the last unsettled piece of the Fab 5 of the 2005 draft.
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ON BASEBALL: Ranaudo should be draw for Sea Dogs
FORT MYERS, Fla. — After attendance slipped last season, the Portland Sea Dogs went to work and increased their promotions.
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BOSTON RED SOX NOTEBOOK: Red Sox lineup falling into place
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The top of the order seems to be purring along.
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SPRING TRAINING: Lester impressive in Red Sox victory
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox brought extra, emergency pitchers to their spring training game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, including Sea Dogs relievers Caleb Clay, Eammon Portice and Michael Lee.