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…
Book Review: Full Count
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…
The Interview: Pat Malacaro
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Pat Malacaro is the Voice of Summer in Western New York. Malacaro became the lead play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bisons baseball team…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Dwyer Stadium
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist I didn’t have too many highlights during my brief and insignificant career as a baseball broadcaster. I did some games of the Buffalo…
Thanks, Jim Bouton
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Back around the summer of 1970, America’s baseball-loving teenagers noticed there was a great deal of commotion caused by the release of a…
Book Review: The Legendary Harry Carey
Review by Budd Bailey It’s been more than 20 years since Harry Caray died while still serving as the Chicago Cubs’ main broadcaster after a long, long career in the…
One at a time
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Here are the rules: I can say whatever I want, but I can only say it in one sentence – even if I…
The Notebook: High schools & baseball scoring
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist There’s not enough going on to write one good-sized column today. Therefore, let’s write two short ones. A difficult ending On Saturday, I…
Book Review: After the Miracle
By Budd Bailey The blitz of books about the 1969 World Series Champion New York Mets continues, with a contribution in this case by someone who is well qualified to…
Book Review: The Team That Couldn’t Hit
By Budd Bailey I am back in the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) after more than 30 years, and during that time the organization has prospered. This is a…
