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Shortstop shoppingThe Portland Sea Dogs announced that Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie will be the guest speaker at their annual Hot Stove Dinner, Jan. 15, at the Wyndham Hotel in South Portland. Maybe by then Lowrie will know who his competition is for the starting job. Reports out of Boston Thursday had general manager Theo Epstein saying he will acquire another shortstop through trade or free agency (Alex Gonzalez, whose $6-million option was not picked up by Boston, remains in the mix). Epstein said that he just cannot depend on Lowrie along for 2010 because of his health (Lowrie missed most of 2009 with an ailing wrist). Shortstop and left field are the two areas Boston is concentrating on this off season. Obviously, if a pitcher or an All-Star first baseman should fall into the Red Sox lap, all the better. As for the Sea Dogs dinner, 300 tickets (at $50 apiece) are available. Proceeds from the dinner and the accompanying silent auction go to the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. Tickets can be purchased at the Hadlock Field tickedt office, www.seadogs.com, or by calling 207-879-9500. Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Kevin covers baseball for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He first reported on spring training games for the St. Petersburg Times in 1978. He wisely moved to Maine in 1994 and now writes about the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox — when he's not coaching Little League baseball. He is married to Nancy, and the couple recently completed their lineup card with the birth of their ninth child. |
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With the Arizona Fall League regular schedule completed it's time for Casey Kelly to put away the Louisville Slugger and get started on the Red Sox shoulder strengthening regime. We should all admire his ambition to become an infielder at the professional level but realistically even as a 19 year old .212 BA is just not going to cut it. My unofficial stats show 66 strikeouts against 43 hits, 24 walks, and 1 sacrifice in 203 at bats. That translates into an OBP of .294 for the year. C’mon Casey, you really never wanted to be a mediocre (14 errors) infielder did you? But, how about becoming another young gun for the Boston Red Sox? Win-Loss record 7-5, ERA 2.08, WHIP .853, and opponents BA .190 in 95 innings over 17 starts (2/3 of an inning below Boston’s innings per start team average). So put away the pine tar and grab the rosin bag. After all, baseball is a team sport.