Review by Budd Bailey “The Wax Pack” starts with an interesting concept from an unusual baseball author. Brad Balukjian doesn’t have the standard biography. He has a Ph.D. in entomology…
Book Review: The Wax Pack
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 90
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Hal Chase – Signed by the Buf-Feds in 1914 It’s extremely difficult to sum up this baseball legend in a few paragraphs. Hal…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: Introduction
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist A mere two weeks ago today, I covered the game between the Sabres and Capitals at the KeyBank Center. It was an odd…
Book Review: Insight Pitch
Review By Budd Bailey Skip Lockwood didn’t have a typical professional baseball career. And he certainly didn’t have a typical life after baseball. So why would you expect him to…
Book Review: If These Walls Could Talk (Boston Red Sox)
Review by Budd Bailey Jerry Remy has had a busy life in many ways – probably enough to fill a couple of autobiographies. Let’s count up some of the aspects…
Book Review: Don’t Be Afraid to Win
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…
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…
