Brian Butterfield didn’t pick a winner in the Boston-Tampa Bay American League championship series. But the recent inductee into the Orono High School Athletic Hall of Fame and the bench coach for the Toronto Blue Jays predicted a long series and said Tampa Bay’s dramatic… Read More
PITTSBURGH – The Toronto Blue Jays dipped back into their past to shake up a last-place team that has looked overmatched at times in the competitive AL East, firing manager John Gibbons on Friday and replacing him with two-time World Series winner Cito Gaston. The… Read More
If they awarded frequent driver miles like they do frequent flier miles, Bill Swift would be on cloud nine. The manager of Bangor’s Olympia Sports store will be living on coffee this week as he will drive from Bangor to the company’s distribution center in… Read More
DENVER – There’s a new monster in baseball, and this one’s in Boston, too. Overwhelming in every way, the Red Sox swept to their second title in four years Sunday night. Jon Lester, Mike Lowell & Co. left little room for drama with a 4-3… Read More
PORTLAND – The Boston Red Sox and Portland Sea Dogs have announced the extension of their player development contract for an additional four years, through the 2012 season. Red Sox Vice President of Player Personnel Ben Cherington and Sea Dogs President and General Manager Charlie… Read More
BANGOR – More details have been announced regarding the viewing of the World Series championship trophy to be held at the Bangor Civic Center on Saturday. Ceremonies will begin at 10:30 a.m. outside the Bangor Auditorium, according to Bass Park executive director Mike Dyer. A… Read More
BOSTON – Neither the Massachusetts state house or senate were in session, but that wasn’t the reason very little work got done at the Statehouse Friday. The World Series champion Boston Red Sox (sounds great, doesn’t it?) – more specifically catcher Jason Varitek and Series… Read More
All the dashed hopes year after year, for 86 years, melted away for Red Sox fans. Some popped open champagne bottles that had been on ice for the few other times the Sox had ended up in the World Series – only to be set… Read More
The Boston Red Sox will win the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals but it will take at least six games. That was the opinion shared by five of six people interviewed who have extensive baseball backgrounds. The other went with the Cards. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
PORTLAND – Jorge De La Rosa pitched five strong innings as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Trenton Thunder 5-3 Wednesday in the Eastern League. Jeremy Owens went 3-for-4 with a double and Trace Coquillette, Kelly Shoppach and Justin Sherrod also doubled for the Sea… Read More
PORTLAND – It’s big and green, and as soon as it robs a hitter of a home run, fans may mistake the towering left field wall at Hadlock Field for the “Green Monster.” While the Boston Red Sox are adding 280 seats atop the Fenway… Read More
TORONTO – Mike Bordick’s record streak for games without an error by a shortstop ended Wednesday night against the New York Yankees. Winterport native and former University of Maine star Bordick, making his first start for the Toronto Blue Jays, allowed Bubba Trammell’s grounder to… Read More
MINNEAPOLIS -Bangor’s Matt Kinney pitched into the seventh inning in his first Major League Baseball appearance in 11/2 years, and Minnesota sent Cleveland to its fifth straight loss, 6-2 Saturday night. Kinney (1-0) picked up where Kyle Lohse left off Friday, allowing two hits through… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine – Steve Morales and Adrian Gonzalez belted homers and Omar Ortiz pitched six strong innings as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the New Haven Ravens 5-2 Thursday in the Eastern League. Gonzalez went 3-for-3 with a double and a two-run homer as the… Read More