Ignoring the Weekend

Mostly, anyway. The Sea Dogs were swept by Bowie over the weekend. The Dogs lost despite some good pitching by Chris Smith, in his first work since last season, and Jon Lester. David Pauley, however, reacted poorly after I said some nice things about him.

I had promised to preview some of the top prospects for the Bay Sox, but I never found the time to do that. They are coming to Portland this weekend, and I will get it done before then. That will probably be the case with the Erie Sea Wolves, who the Dogs will play over the next three days - I'll profile their prospects when they hit town. This series will be a challenge for Portland, as the Sea Wolves currently sport the best record in the Eastern League.

By the way, Erie has my least favorite nickname in the minor leagues. For one thing, they entered a league that already had a "Sea" team - the Portland Sea Dogs. For another thing, Erie is on a Lake. As if our kids aren't already geographically challenged, we don't have to intentionally misinform them, do we? Last but not least, this was a golden opportunity to have a real cool nickname: how about the Erie Sounds, or the Erie Coincidences? Oh, sure, maybe these names don't lend themselves to a kid-friendly mascot, but I think you could market the team nonetheless, no? Anyway, I will always and forever root against the Sea Wolves solely because I hate their nickname. I'm like that.