WEDNESDAY QUICK HITTERS

Ok..The CMSB is officially sick and tired of this!!!

• Jessie Spiers of Bangor and Ryan Gay of Pittston are tied at the top of the leaderboard of the Maine Amateur Golf Tournament. Todays round has already been washed out.
• The Portland Sea Dogs, along with Jed Lowrie's return to Portland for rehab, was postponed due to...you guessed it (editor's note:Remember when David Ortiz was here last summer and it rained? I think this proves that god hates Maine.)
  
• Sox pitching prospects have yet another solid night on the same day..Clay Buchholz and Casey Kelly
  
• Jason Bay hit his 1st HR since June 25th on the way to the Red Sox 5 - 2 win over the Oakland A's.
• Potential Maine Red Claw and current Boston Celtics Summer League point guard Lester Hudson plays 2nd Summer League game. (editors note:Where Clawsome Happens!)
  
• The Chicago BlackHawks sign former Maine Co-Captain Simon Denis-Pepin
  

MONDAY MORNING QUICK HITTERS

Jason Harvey of Bangor takes home the Amateur Title in Orono(Courtesy Bangor Daily News)

• Junichi Tazawa shines again as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the Trenton Thunder 10 - 3.
• Joe Haggerty from WEEI.com is reporting Sea Dogs outfielder and Eastern League Player of the Month Aaron Bates to be called up to AAA Pawtucket today.
• Jason Harvey, down by 3 strokes at the start of Sundays play, takes home the Harris Golf Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament by 1 stroke.
• Speedway 95 lost a driver Saturday night as regular Ikey Dorr died of a heart attack on the track.
• Dice K continued his inconsistent pitching in the Texas Rangers 6 - 3 win over the Red Sox Sunday at Fenway.
• WEEI's Alex Speier reports on Big Papi's age.

SUNDAY MORNING QUICK HITTERS

MAINE CLASS A TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS AT TA (PHOTOS COURTESY MAINE SPORTS REPORT & PHOTOGRAPHY)

• The Maine High School Track Championships were held all across the state yesterday. Bangor Daily News - Class A Class B Class C Portland Press Herald Class A Class B Class C...
• The Portland Sea Dogs, powered by Lars Anderson's 3 run HR in the bottom of the 8th, beat The Trenton Thunder 4 - 3 Saturday night at Hadlock.
• Tom Ellsworth lead by 1 stroke after the 1st round in the 2009 Harris Golf Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament in Bar Harbor.
• In Maine Racing News at Oxford Plains Speedway, Mike Short took home the checkers in the Sunoco Race Fuels 100 for the Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stocks Saturday. And down at Beech Ridge Speedway in Scarborough, Mike Rowe took the flag in the Coors Light 100.
• The QMJHL held their draft yesterday and the Lewiston MAINEiacs made many moves.
• Jon Lester looks to be back in form with 2 consecutive 10+ strikeout games, setting down 11 Texas Rangers in the Red Sox 8 - 2 win Saturday Night. Lester had a perfect game for 6 1/3 innings and looked every bit the pitcher he was last season.
• Bill Russell is attending the NBA Finals in preparation of the 1st awarding of the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP trophy.