Baseball, a ‘Maine’ attraction

Globe File

Hadlock Field, a New England gem.

Red Sox pitching prospect Henry Owens, before taking on the Trenton Thunder in Trenton, N.J.

Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz, as a Portland, Sea Dog in 2008.

Former Portland Sea Dogs catcher Dusty Brown, in 2006.

Chris Durbin (left) watches Keoni DeRenne do a pull-up in the dug-out ibetween innings at a Portland Sea Dogs Game on Saturday, July 15, 2006.

Fans wait for autographs before a Portland Sea Dogs in 2006.

A fan relaxes during a 2006 Sea Dogs game.

The owner of the Sea Dogs Dan Burke(left) and old friend Bob Bauman watch a Portland Sea Dogs game in 2006.

Two fans watch the impressive dance moves of Sea Dog, the team mascot.

A statue depicting a family heading to a baseball game.

Workers from the ballfield division of Portland Parks and Recreation Dept. clear snow off the pitcher’s mound at Hadlock Field on April 4, 2001.

With opening day one week away, Geoff Iacuessa has his work cut out for him as he clears snow from the seats at Hadlock Field.

New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry warms up on the field for a game between the Norwich Navigators and Portland Sea Dogs.

A Portland Sea Dogs banner.

Sea Dogs head usher Dave McConnell helps a patron to his seat in 1996.

New Britain catcher Jose Valentin practices his swing in the clubhouse before game against Sea Dogs.

Play by play announcer Jim Lucas and color man Don Wardlow call the New Britain Sea Dogs game in Portland.

The Norwich Navigators get pumped up before hitting the field against the Portland Sea Dogs.

A Norwich Navigator fan sleeps on her father’s stomach during a baseball game against the Portland Sea Dogs.