By Budd Bailey My favorite quote about baseball legend Willie Mays comes from, of all people, actress Tallulah Bankhead, Apparently around 1962, she said something like “There have only been…
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The Seasons of Buffalo Baseball
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The new book, “The Seasons of Buffalo Baseball,” is something of a tribute to Joe Overfield, the legendary late local baseball historian. Here’s…
Book Review: Tom Yawkey
By Budd Bailey Tom Yawkey always had been something of a man of mystery during his time as an adult. He bought the Boston Red Sox as a young man…
Book Review: The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell
Review by Budd Bailey The book, “The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell,” carries with it more than a little poignancy before reading a single page. Author Lonnie Wheeler…
Book Review: Clearing the Bases
Review by Budd Bailey The next time someone claims that the sports section is the Toy Department of a newspaper or magazine, tell them about Jim Kaplan. Better yet, show…
Book Review: The New Baseball Bible
Review by Budd Bailey How much work went into this book? That’s the initial reaction to picking up a copy of “The New Baseball Bible.” It’s close to 400 pages,…
Closing time
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We’re almost at the finish line. The Buffalo … er, Toronto Blue Jays played their next-to-last game of the regular season in Sahlen…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 9
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Ollie Carnegie – Signed by the Bisons in 1931 If you’ve seen “The Natural” –what Buffalo baseball fan hasn’t? – you should know…
… at the old ball game
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist One of my favorite times to show up at a sporting event as a member of the media or worker is the period…
Book Review: Mr. Met
Review by Budd Bailey We’ve been lucky enough to receive the SNY feed of New York Mets broadcasts for the past several years. Some of the baseball hasn’t been too…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 27
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Luke Easter – Signed by the Bisons in 1956 Luke Easter’s timing was a bit off. If he had been born 20 years…
With no particular place to go
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Greetings from a disclosed location – my house. I’ve seen a lot of it during the past five months or so. We’re coming up…
Book Review: Bouton
Review by Budd Bailey The stories from those who were baseball fans around a particular age in the fall of 1970 are remarkably similar. They were usually boys in high…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 48
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Dan Brouthers – Signed by the Bisons in 1881 Buffalo baseball fans would have been quite excited if they had the chance to…
