Review by Budd Bailey “Boom Town” recently popped up in a recently circulated article on the best sports books of our time, basketball division. I hadn’t heard about it, but…
(Editor’s Note: Reedy Press will be publishing “The Buffalo Bills: An Illustrated Timeline of a Storied Franchise” at the end of July. The book was written by Gregory Tranter and…
Review by Budd Bailey Let’s go back in time almost a century, to the baseball offseason of 1926-27. It was almost a bad news/good news time when it came to…
The Worcester Red Sox had a chance to defeat the Buffalo Bisons on Monday night at Sahlen Field – about the same chance as winning the New York Lottery. After…
After ending the first half of the 2023 regular season with a record of 34-41 and opening the second half by dropping two straight to the Worcester Red Sox, the…
Review by Budd Bailey There probably is a good book floating around in Joe Kelly’s head. “A Damn Near Perfect Game” isn’t it. The hard-throwing right-hander has had an unusual…
Review by Budd Bailey It might be the most important day in American sports history that no one notices, let alone celebrates. The day is October 8, 1982. The National…
A sunny Father’s Day was conducive to a good baseball game being played, but the result was far from good for the Buffalo Bisons as they fell by a 7-4…
With the NLL champion Buffalo Bandits in the house – and Dhane Smith throwing the game’s ceremonial first pitch – the Bisons, donning orange, black and white uniforms, took their…
Review by Budd Bailey You’d have to call this one of the biggest surprises of the sports book year: a memoir by Ed Garvey, the executive director of the National…
Review by Budd Bailey There is a great deal to unpack in “Shut Out,” a book that reviews the hockey life of Bernie Saunders. You get the idea immediately after…
The Buffalo Bisons wrapped up their series against the St. Paul Saints on Sunday with an 8-4 loss, and the Herd likely couldn’t wait for it to end soon enough….
Review by Budd Bailey Baseball managers more or less come with an expiration date. It’s understood that at some point the organization that hires a manager probably is going to…