Review by Budd Bailey David Ross is the member of a very small club. After all, how many people are associated with World Series winners for both the Chicago Cubs…
Book Review: Teammate
Book Review: The Big Fella
By Budd Bailey Think there’s nothing more to be said at this point about the life and times of Babe Ruth? Think again. Jane Leavy has come up with a…
Book Review: The Pride of the Yankees
By Budd Bailey The first question you might have about the book, “The Pride of the Yankees,” is a simple one. Is this a book about movies, or is it…
Book Review: The Cubs’ Way
By Budd Bailey If you are a baseball fan, you might have heard that the Chicago Cubs’ World Series win in 2016 was the team’s first in more than a…
Book Review: Blue Monday
By Budd Bailey There’s no rule that saying a major-league sports team has to win eventually. Chances only come up so often, and if the team doesn’t capitalize on that…
Confessions of a Field Timing Coordinator
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist If you’ve watched some playoff baseball lately, you probably have noticed how the games tend to go on and on. I’m not sure…
Baseball: The Son Also Rises
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We expect The Chosen Ones in athletics to show up every so often. Usually, though, it isn’t so symmetrical. On July 31, 1966,…
Extra innings, extra baserunner
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Back in baseball’s offseason, minor league baseball announced a good-sized rule change. When a game went into extra innings, each team would begin…
The Interview: The Bisons’ Bob Stanley
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Bob Stanley, the Buffalo Bisons’ pitching coach, was part of a nearly extinct species during his playing days in major league baseball. When…
Gaughan: Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Just What Baseball Needs
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page As a die-hard Red Sox fan I have lived my entire life involved in the Red-Sox and Yankees rivalry. I lived through the heartache…
The Interview: Denny McLain and the 30-Win Season
It’s 50 years and counting for Denny McLain. The former Detroit Tigers remains the last pitcher to win 30 games in a single major league baseball season. McLain went 31-6…
Four outs and seven innings?
By Budd Bailey It’s time to think out of the box for a bit, if you will pardon that well-worn phrase. The current issue of “Mensa Bulletin” magazine has a…
Budd Bailey: One Pack At A Time
One Pack At A Time by Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist A while back I attended a collectors’ show in South Buffalo. I’m usually on the lookout for books…
Budd Bailey’s Road Trip: Cleveland’s Progressive Field
Road Trip – Cleveland’s Progressive Field By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist For the second straight day in August, the sun seemed to disappear in the middle of the…
