Portland Sea Dogs Tickets

The Portland Sea Dogs, established in 1994, are the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The Sea Dogs play in the Northern Division of the Eastern League.

The Sea Dogs became part of the Red Sox system for the 2003 season; previously they were Portland Sea Dogs tickets affiliated with the Florida Marlins. The change in affiliation brought success in the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the Sea Dogs went to the Eastern League championship series both years. They won their first-ever title on September 17, 2006, Portland Sea Dogs tickets defeating the Akron Aeros in a rematch of the series from the previous year. It was the first double-A championship for a Red Sox farm team since 1983.

The Sea Dogs' home stadium is Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine, where the seating capacity is currently 7,368. Hadlock Field is often visited by vacationing celebrities, such as current Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and his wife Barbara. In left field stands the Maine Monster, a 37-foot-tall replica of Fenway Park's Green Monster, complete with Coke bottle and Citgo sign. In right field, a picnic area with picnic tables is available for group outings.

Minor league baseball officially returned to Maine on October 4, 1992, when Portland was awarded one of two Eastern League expansion franchises (the other being the New Haven Ravens) to begin play in April 1994. The Sea Dogs signed an affiliation agreement Portland Sea Dogs tickets with the Florida Marlins, beginning what would become a nine-season relationship. The city renovated Hadlock Field, transforming what was once a high-school Portland Sea Dogs tickets stadium into a modern ballpark. The team won its first game, defeating the Reading Phillies on the road 2-1, with the help of a 14th-inning home run by future major league Portland Sea Dogs tickets catcher Charles Johnson. The team opened Hadlock Field on April 18, 1994, losing 7-6 to the Albany-Colonie Yankees. It was the late Robert Portland Sea Dogs tickets Ganley, Portland city manager at the time, whose vision led to the construction of the ballpark in a previously run-down section of Portland.

Cartoonist Guy Gilchrist designed the team's logo as well as logos for the Norwich Navigators, Binghamton Mets, and New Britain Rock Cats. Gilchrist's comic strip Portland Sea Dogs tickets Mudpie had a series of strips Portland Sea Dogs tickets in which the young cat's family visit the Portland area and attend a Sea Dog game.