Bisons
- Mets sign Cabrera, who could play for Bisons
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Updated: 02/04/10 3:24 PM The New York Mets signed several players Thursday, including Jolbert Cabrera, who could return for a second stint with the Bisons. (Updated: 02/04/10 3:24 PM )
- Monday Extra: The mantras of Jeff Manto
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Updated: 02/01/10 9:53 AM Jeff Manto loved to hit as a player, loved to hear the crowds roar in Buffalo and all the other major and minor league stops in his career. He still loves the sound of bat on ball as a coach in the Chicago White Sox chain and when he runs youth clinics. (Updated: 02/01/10 9:53 AM )
- Mets promise Bisons will be better
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Updated: 01/23/10 12:06 PM The New York Mets have signed minor league free agents much faster and with much deeper resumes than last year. They have prospects reaching the top tier of their minor league system. To top if off, they have a favorite son of Buffalo baseball in a key spot in their baseball operations department. (Updated: 01/23/10 12:06 PM )
- Bisons get 25th Triple-A All-Star Game in 2012
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Updated: 01/23/10 10:56 AM International League President Randy Mobley said Friday maybe a half-dozen of his teams had inquired about hosting the 2012 Triple-A All-Star Game but he didn't want to make any decisions until he made an inquiry of his own. (Updated: 01/23/10 10:56 AM )
- Durham wins IL title
Updated: 09/18/09 7:12 AMJohn Jaso’s RBI double with one out in the top of the 12th gave the Durham Bulls a 3-2 win over the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees and a three-game sweep of the International League’s Governors’ Cup finals. (Updated: 09/18/09 7:12 AM )
- Bisons shut out to close season
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Updated: 09/08/09 11:01 AM ALLENTOWN, PA. — The Buffalo Bisons season came to a merciful close on Monday with a 3-0 loss to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park. (Updated: 09/08/09 11:01 AM )
- Steps to spark Mets-Bisons relationship
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Updated: 09/06/09 7:14 AM I’ve spent just about every word in my arsenal dissecting the debacle of the Buffalo Bisons’ 2009 season. It’s time to look to 2010. If the folks in Flushing want to see Buffalo in 2011, here are a few suggestions I have for them to follow next year. (Updated: 09/06/09 7:14 AM )
- Bisons’ Feliciano still waiting for call
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Updated: 09/05/09 5:41 AM Outfielder Jesus Feliciano was named the Buffalo Bisons’ Most Valuable Player prior to Wednesday night’s game. He’s trying to hit .300 for the third straight year in Triple-A with the New York Mets and is battling for the International League lead in hits. But at age 30, he’s still waiting for that first call to the big leagues. (Updated: 09/05/09 5:41 AM )
- Herd adds more summer weekends in 2010
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Updated: 08/17/09 7:06 AM Buffalo Bisons fans and front office staff probably want to look ahead to 2010 as quickly as possible, with 2009 turning into the franchise’s worst in 15 years. Believe it or not, everybody can do exactly that because the International League has released the team’s ’10 schedule. (Updated: 08/17/09 7:06 AM )
- Walk-off homer dooms Herd in Toledo
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Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AM TOLEDO, Ohio — Scott Sizemore’s walk-off home run gave the Toledo Mud Hens a wild, 11-10, win over the Buffalo Bisons as 10,700 looked on at Fifth Third Field. Sizemore’s solo shot easily cleared the 365 sign in left. It was his second home run of the night as Toledo pounded out 17 hits against four Bisons pitchers. (Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AM )
- Bisons fall short of sweep
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Updated: 08/01/09 6:37 AM The Buffalo Bisons didn’t get the series sweep they were seeking on Friday night. They lost the finale of a brief homestand against the Pawtucket Red Sox, 4-3, but still ended July with their first winning month since June of 2008. (Updated: 08/01/09 6:37 AM )
- Bisons turn up offense
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Updated: 07/26/09 7:07 AM INDIANAPOLIS — It had been weeks since the Buffalo Bisons scored more than four runs in a game and more than a month since they had a four-run inning. (Updated: 07/26/09 7:07 AM )
- Bisons’ offense continues slumber
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Updated: 07/25/09 7:22 AM INDIANAPOLIS— Jonathon Niese has been Mr. Automatic lately for the Buffalo Bisons, but the Herd was forced to make due without its hottest starting pitcher Friday night at Victory Field. (Updated: 07/25/09 7:22 AM )
- Bullpen preserves victory by Bisons
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Updated: 07/23/09 8:19 AM LOUISVILLE — Brandon Knight earned his third save to highlight a strong performance by the Buffalo bullpen as the Bisons snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night over the Louisville Bats. (Updated: 07/23/09 8:19 AM )
- Bisons silence Mud Hens’ bats twice
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Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM Jonathon Niese may just have punched his ticket straight to the big leagues Saturday night at Coca-Cola Field. (Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM )
- Evans aiming to bounce back with the Herd
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Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM Nick Evans was coaching himself into strikeouts. Restless in the batter’s box, he started this season in a 7-for-75 funk. The problem was mental, not mechanical. (Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM )
- Bisons to play two today
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Updated: 07/19/09 7:09 AM Persistent rain that continued past the scheduled starting time caused the postponement of Friday night’s scheduled game between the Buffalo Bisons and Toledo Mud Hens at Coca-Coca Field. (Updated: 07/19/09 7:09 AM )
- Bisons to play two today
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Updated: 07/18/09 6:54 AM Persistent rain that continued past the scheduled starting time caused the postponement of Friday night’s scheduled game between the Buffalo Bisons and Toledo Mud Hens at Coca-Coca Field. (Updated: 07/18/09 6:54 AM )
- Castillo drives home Herd win
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Updated: 07/12/09 6:49 AM SYRACUSE — Javier Castillo extended his 15-game hitting streak in dramatic fashion on Saturday, singling in the game-winning run in the Buffalo Bisons’ 2-1 win over Scranton-Wilkes/Barre before 3,429 in Alliance Bank Stadium. (Updated: 07/12/09 6:49 AM )
- Stoner rock solid in win over PawSox
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Updated: 07/11/09 6:54 AM PAWTUCKET, R. I.—Another solid outing by a starting pitcher — another win. (Updated: 07/11/09 6:54 AM )
- Herd snaps skid, clips Red Wings
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Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM ROCHESTER — The last time Nelson Figueroa faced the Rochester Red Wings at Frontier Field, he pitched quite well but didn’t receive any run support in defeat. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM )
- Thruway Series set to start at Coca-Cola Field
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Updated: 07/02/09 7:45 AM The Buffalo Bisons open a two-game set against Thruway rival Rochester beginning at 1:05 p. m. today (Radio 1520 AM) at Coca-Cola Field. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:45 AM )
- Bisons’ bullpen scorched
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Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM It’s long been established that the Buffalo Bisons plain stink. About the only drama left for this summer is to see if the Blundering Herd can avoid its first 90-loss campaign since 1965. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
- Twice given a lead, Herd’s Broadway can’t hold it
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Updated: 06/29/09 7:06 AM Buffalo Bisons pitcher Lance Broadway was the first-round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox in 2005 and began this season in Triple-A with the Charlotte Knights. Pitching against his old team Sunday, however, didn’t help change his luck in Coca- Cola Field. (Updated: 06/29/09 7:06 AM )
- Lack of offense follows Bisons
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Updated: 06/28/09 7:06 AM A travel-weary group of Buffalo Bisons proved to be easy marks for right-hander Jack Egbert and the Charlotte Knights Saturday night at Coca-Cola Field. (Updated: 06/28/09 7:06 AM )
- Herd ends road trip with a win
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Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Buffalo Bisons headed home as winners Friday night. (Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM )
- Niese gets Herd back on track
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Updated: 06/26/09 8:39 AM LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Jonathon Niese’s pitching rebound continued Thursday night. (Updated: 06/26/09 8:39 AM )
- Hot Lamb can’t save Herd
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Updated: 06/25/09 7:49 AM GWINNETT, Ga. — Veteran third baseman Mike Lamb continued his torrid hitting, but not much else went right for the Buffalo Bisons on Wednesday night in a 7-3 loss to the Gwinnett Braves before 4,752 at Gwinnett Stadium. (Updated: 06/25/09 7:49 AM )
- Gwinnett rallies past Bisons
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Updated: 06/24/09 7:58 AM GWINNETT, Ga. — Bisons starter Lance Broadway, working with a two-run lead, “hit the wall” in the sixth inning, as the Gwinnett Braves rallied for three runs and a 5-4 victory over Buffalo on Tuesday night in the opener of a four-game International League series between the teams. (Updated: 06/24/09 7:58 AM )
- Bisons absorb losses against Charlotte
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Updated: 06/23/09 8:06 AM FORT MILL, S. C. — The Buffalo Bisons lost more than a baseball game on Monday afternoon. The roster took a hit as well. (Updated: 06/23/09 8:06 AM )