By Budd Bailey There were many, many feel-good stories in sports in the 20th century, but two topped the list. They were stories that were totally unexpected and featured supposed…
Book Review: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
Book Review: The Big Chair
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page A while back, a general manager of a National Hockey League team was asked an unusual question: Is your job much fun? He smiled,…
Book Review: 108 Stitches
By Budd Bailey What’s the next best thing to having dinner with Ron Darling? Reading “108 Stitches” by Ron Darling. This is one of those books that’s thankfully easy to…
Book Review: Hello, Friends
By Budd Bailey Jerry Howarth wasn’t around for the start of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise in 1977, and he’s not there now – retiring early in 2018. But he…
Book Review: Teammate
Review by Budd Bailey David Ross is the member of a very small club. After all, how many people are associated with World Series winners for both the Chicago Cubs…
Book Review: The Big Fella
By Budd Bailey Think there’s nothing more to be said at this point about the life and times of Babe Ruth? Think again. Jane Leavy has come up with a…
Wozer: Top Signs Baseball Spring Training Is Approaching
by Jeff Wozer, Buffalo Sports Page Humorist Major League Baseball teams begin to report to training camps in Florida and Arizona this week. Even here in Buffalo, there are signs…
Book Review: The Pride of the Yankees
By Budd Bailey The first question you might have about the book, “The Pride of the Yankees,” is a simple one. Is this a book about movies, or is it…
Book Review: The Cubs’ Way
By Budd Bailey If you are a baseball fan, you might have heard that the Chicago Cubs’ World Series win in 2016 was the team’s first in more than a…
Book Review: Blue Monday
By Budd Bailey There’s no rule that saying a major-league sports team has to win eventually. Chances only come up so often, and if the team doesn’t capitalize on that…
Confessions of a Field Timing Coordinator
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist If you’ve watched some playoff baseball lately, you probably have noticed how the games tend to go on and on. I’m not sure…
Wozer: Top Rejected Bisons Stadium Names
by Jeff Wozer, Buffalo Sports Page Humorist Tuesday, the Buffalo Bisons announced a new name for the downtown ballpark. It will now be known as “Sahlen Field” after a naming…
Baseball: The Son Also Rises
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We expect The Chosen Ones in athletics to show up every so often. Usually, though, it isn’t so symmetrical. On July 31, 1966,…
Extra innings, extra baserunner
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Back in baseball’s offseason, minor league baseball announced a good-sized rule change. When a game went into extra innings, each team would begin…
