Review by Budd Bailey There are plenty of things going on off of our sporting fields that affect what happens on the actual playing surface. Jim Quinn knows all about…
Book Review: Don’t Be Afraid to Win
The decade in review
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page This is the time when newspapers love to run year-end summaries – perhaps because it fills space in a period when the news can…
Book Review: Rocky Colavito: Cleveland’s Iconic Slugger
Review by Budd Bailey Baseball writer Bill James once started a long article on the Cleveland Indians in 1981 by explaining why the trade of Rocky Colavito mattered more than…
A look back at Buffalo sports
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist If you are a local sports fan who hasn’t been to the Buffalo History Museum to see its Icons exhibit, well, what are…
Book Review: Homegrown
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes a sports championship season looks like almost too simple, as if the plan set a few years in the past comes together just like it…
Book Review: No Place I Would Rather Be
By Budd Bailey Roger Angell holds a unique place when it comes to baseball and its literature. It’s a sport that celebrates those who follow it with grace – day…
Book Review: For the Good of the Game
Review by Budd Bailey It seemed like an odd move at the time. Bud Selig as baseball commissioner? Selig was the majority owner of the Milwaukee Brewers for more than…
Book Review: John Cangelosi
By Budd Bailey Most baseball fans of a certain age remember John Cangelosi. That’s probably because he was relatively small. A few players have done well despite not having an…
Book Review: Full Count
By Budd Bailey By the end of his baseball career, you knew David Cone had a book in him. He had reached the point where he had played with some…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Great American Ballpark
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The eighth inning had just been completed at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, home of the Reds. The home team trailed by…
Book Review: Son of Havana
By Budd Bailey I’m a little biased when it comes to the subject of Luis Tiant. In the spring of 1976, I needed a number for a shirt for a…
The end of summer
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Here’s a little trade secret from the world of local sports journalism: The Friday before Labor Day is the most shocking day of…
Take me out to the ballgame
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist People go to baseball games for all sorts of reasons. That was the obvious conclusion after a trip to Cleveland this week where…
Stealing first base
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist “Did you hear what they are doing in the Atlantic League now?” said the veteran baseball fan with more than a little disgust…
