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…
Book Review: Boom Town
Buffalo Bills: November 27, 1960 – A storm arrives in Denver
(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…
BISONS HOLD ON, TAKE DOWN TOLEDO
An outing that initially looked as if it would be a blowout turned into a close one near the end as the Buffalo Bisons upended the Toledo Mud Hens on…
Book Review: Baseball at the Abyss
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…
BISONS DEFEAT WORCESTER, WIN BIG
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…
BISONS ARE WALK-OFF WINNERS, BEAT WOOSOX 10-8
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…
Book Review: A Damn Near Perfect Game
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…
Book Review: The Cap
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…
BISONS FALL ON FATHER’S DAY TO SYRACUSE 7-4
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…
BISONS BEAT SYRACUSE, WIN 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…
Book Review: Never Ask “Why”
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…
Book Review: Shut Out
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…
BISONS’ SLUMP CONTINUES, FALL TO ST. PAUL
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….
Book Review: Gibby – Tales of a Baseball Lifer
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…
