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: Clearing the Bases
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…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 52
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Pud Galvin – Signed by the Bisons in 1878 The first question, of course, centers on the nickname. Pud? It was said he…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 55
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Frank Grant – Signed by the Bisons in 1886 If you can picture Joe Morgan playing baseball in the 1970s, then you have…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 65
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist 65. Jim O’Rourke – Signed by the Bisons in 1881 The Buffalo Bisons got a bargain when they signed Jim O’Rourke to a…
Book Review: Baseball Prospectus 2020
Review by Budd Bailey Book edited by R.J. Anderson, Craig Goldstein and Bret Sayre I know. Why would you want to write a book that previews the 2020 baseball season…
