The Portland Sea Dogs are in town this week. Pictured here is the mascot Slugger 'hawking' tickets in front of Hadlock Field on Park Avenue. This summer I plan to take in a few games and watch Ryan Kalish, Lars Anderson, Jose Iglesias, Casey Kelly and Felix Doubront, future stars of Fenway. They are a far cry from the so called stars that passed for the Maine Guides, the AAA team that played their home games in the mosquito-infested Old Orchard field, the BallPark. Dad had season tickets to the Guides from 1984-87 and claimed to be the first fan to pass through the turnstiles that April '84 afternoon. He had great seats right behind the home team's dugout. I met him there often on Sunday afternoons and enjoyed the game with him. Those were fun times for me. Play Ball!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Slugger
The Portland Sea Dogs are in town this week. Pictured here is the mascot Slugger 'hawking' tickets in front of Hadlock Field on Park Avenue. This summer I plan to take in a few games and watch Ryan Kalish, Lars Anderson, Jose Iglesias, Casey Kelly and Felix Doubront, future stars of Fenway. They are a far cry from the so called stars that passed for the Maine Guides, the AAA team that played their home games in the mosquito-infested Old Orchard field, the BallPark. Dad had season tickets to the Guides from 1984-87 and claimed to be the first fan to pass through the turnstiles that April '84 afternoon. He had great seats right behind the home team's dugout. I met him there often on Sunday afternoons and enjoyed the game with him. Those were fun times for me. Play Ball!
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I went to Oriole games in Baltimore when I was a child. It wouldn't have been truly summer if I hadn't seen a ball game at the park.
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ReplyDeleteI've seen catfish but never sea dogs.
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