Sep 05 2007
Go Dogs!
The Sea Dogs prevailed in their play-in game last night against the Fisher Cats and will start their best of five series against Trenton tonight, in New Jersey. Despite being swept by New Britain, it’s been quite a weekend for the Sea Dogs. Not only did they still manage to get into the playoffs, but Clay Buchholz, who started the year in Portland and was voted the Sea Dogs’ pitcher of the year for 2007, threw a no hitter against Baltimore for the Red Sox. He will, of course, be extended his stay with the big club after that.
She and I were out with a friend at the Sebago Brewpub on Market Street (beer review coming in a later post) for the last several innings of that game and the atmosphere was quite electric. Portland is a big sports town, and given its proximity to Boston and AA affiliation, a huge Sox town. Needless to say, there was much cheering throughout the pub when the umpire rang up Nick Markakis to complete the no-no. Being a life-long Sox fan, this may be one of the best parts about moving from New York to Maine. With football season starting up, I’m starting to see Pats signs everywhere too. Did I mention I also root for them?
Now then, time to see if the Sea Dogs box office (207.879.9500 if you’re interested) still has any decent seats for Friday evening. I may have to postpone my Friday workout to Saturday for this one. Go Dogs!
Update: We’ll be in the second row of section 202 (first base box seats) on Friday night. I hope to see a full stadium that night!