Bisons
- Herd may get Oberkfell
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Updated: 10/24/08 6:40 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Former major- league third baseman Ken Oberkfell is emerging as the leading candidate to manage the Buffalo Bisons in 2009.
- Oberkfell may manage Herd
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/23/08 6:57 PM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Former major-league third baseman Ken Oberkfell is emerging as the leading candidate to manage the Buffalo Bisons in 2009. Oberkfell has been reassigned off the New York Mets' staff by manager Jerry Manuel and is expected to be offered the post at the head of the Herd. Oberkfell was managing in New Orleans of the Pacific Coast League last season and was called up to join the big club as first-base coach when Willie Randolph was fired and Manuel was hired on an interim basis.
- No speed limit for Mets’ prospects with 2009 Herd
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 10/23/08 7:56 AM The New York Mets are in and the Cleveland Indians are out. So what players might be wearing the Buffalo Bisons’ new uniforms in 2009?
- Mets hit a homer for city schools
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Updated: 09/23/08 6:25 AM After one day, the Buffalo Public Schools already think the New York Mets are a big hit.
- Bisons, Mets join forces
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Updated: 09/23/08 7:19 AM The New York Mets will be moving to a new home in 2009 when Citi Field opens in what was once a parking lot for Shea Stadium. And they’ll also have a homecoming of sorts in Triple-A as their top farm team is coming to the Empire State.
- Herd, Mets to seal deal
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Updated: 09/20/08 7:28 AM As the new parent club’s longtime theme song says, it will be time for Buffalo Bisons officials to meet the Mets and greet the Mets Monday morning in Dunn Tire Park.
- Bisons, Mets chat as Indians depart
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Updated: 09/19/08 7:02 AM On the first day Triple-A clubs could officially speak to new potential parents, the Buffalo Bisons drew closer to a new player development contract with the New York Mets.
- Herd likely to align with Mets
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Updated: 09/16/08 9:13 AM It looks like Buster Bison is getting set to greet Mr. Met in Dunn Tire Park.
- Officially done: Tribe ends Herd affiliation
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Updated: 09/03/08 6:28 AM What’s been assumed all season became official Tuesday as the Cleveland Indians informed Major League Baseball they are terminating their Triple-A working agreement with the Buffalo Bisons after 14 years.
- Bisons end Tribe era with loss
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Updated: 09/02/08 10:07 AM ROCHESTER — A golden era of Buffalo baseball history ended Monday afternoon with one swing of an opponent’s bat on a sun-splashed Labor Day in Frontier Field.
- Bisons lose in 10 innings
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 09/01/08 6:20 AM ROCHESTER — The Buffalo Bisons almost stopped the Rochester Red Wings from clinching a winning season Sunday. Almost, but not quite.
- Bisons release ’09 schedule
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Updated: 08/31/08 6:32 AM It will be at least a couple of weeks before the Buffalo Bisons know who their parent club will be for 2009 but the Herd already knows its season opener will be April 9 against the Pawtucket Red Sox in Dunn Tire Park.
- Herd’s Lewis notches win
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 08/30/08 6:44 AM PAWTUCKET — Buffalo pitcher Scott Lewis wasn’t about to finish the 2008 season with a losing record.
- Ballpark will have new mailing address to honor Jimmy Griffin
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM The legacy of late mayor Jimmy Griffin took center stage Wednesday night as the Buffalo Bisons passed out their annual awards prior to the Fan Appreciation Night game against Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.
- Bisons stagger to finish line
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Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM The fans nearly filled Dunn Tire Park on Fan Appreciation Night and they saw the story of the Buffalo Bisons’ season Wednesday, whether it was their first trip to the ballpark all year or their 50th.
- BLUE COLLAR
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Updated: 08/26/08 6:38 PM One foul ball struck Justin Sassaman, forming a purplish circle the size of a softball on his thigh. Another smashed the windshield of his red 2001 Ford F-150 parked in the players’ lot outside 3,000- seat Alliant Energy Field in Clinton, Iowa.
- Bisons mark end of era
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Updated: 08/26/08 9:55 AM Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Torey Lovullo has called Dunn Tire Park his home for six seasons, three as a player and the last three as manager of the Bisons. So the apparent end of the Herd’s affiliation with the Cleveland Indians has touched him particularly hard.
- Bisons will post rare losing season
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 08/25/08 6:54 AM MOOSIC, Pa. — For the first time in 14 years, the Buffalo Bisons will finish the season with a losing record.
- Herd loses thriller in Syracuse
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 08/24/08 6:43 AM SYRACUSE — Brett Cecil and Chris Giminez took their turns as the heroes in Saturday’s game between the Syracuse Chiefs and the Buffalo Bisons. But it was the Chiefs’ Pedro Lopez who was the ultimate difference-maker.
- Manto ready for homecoming
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Updated: 08/23/08 6:58 AM Seven years ago, on the August night his No. 30 was retired by the Buffalo Bisons, Jeff Manto chilled a near-sellout crowd at Dunn Tire Park.
- Herd creeps up on Syracuse
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 08/23/08 6:58 AM SYRACUSE — As the International League regular season winds down to its final 10 days, sub-.500 teams like the Buffalo Bisons and the Syracuse Chiefs have little at stake, except maybe fourth place in the North Division.
- Healthy Aubrey of Bisons back on road to majors
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Updated: 08/22/08 9:05 AM Michael Aubrey lost the better part of the last three seasons to injuries.
- Bisons continue their late-season streak
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Updated: 08/21/08 10:02 AM The last time the Buffalo Bisons were playing out this long a string with a parent club leaving town, things got ugly. In their final year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 1994 Herd finished 55-89 — and lost its final 10 games in the worst run-for-the-bus charade in franchise history.
- Martinez return to lineup is a hit
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Updated: 08/20/08 11:53 AM The pain in Victor Martinez's right elbow has nearly vanished.
- Hafner finds his stroke in 5-1 Herd triumph
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Updated: 08/19/08 6:41 AM As first impressions go, the Cleveland Indians have to be happy about the kind of pop at the plate Travis Hafner showed Monday night in Dunn Tire Park.
- Bisons drop the ball in latest loss
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Updated: 08/18/08 10:19 AM Here’s all you need to know about the Buffalo Bisons’ performance on Sunday, in another bizarre entry for the diary of a forgettable season: Pitcher Bryan Bullington gave up a run to the Pawtucket Red Sox on a balk caused when he dropped the ball while standing on the mound.
- Reinforcements from Cleveland start arriving today
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Updated: 08/18/08 10:18 AM A new schedule of injury rehab assignments came out of Cleveland Sunday and the lineup looks like this: Designated hitter Travis Hafner and infielder Josh Barfield will join the Buffalo Bisons tonight in Dunn Tire Park and catcher Victor Martinez will be here Tuesday.
- Cooper nears Herd longevity mark
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Updated: 08/17/08 6:41 AM Outfielder Jason Cooper has never been a grab-the-headlines kind of player in his five years with the Buffalo Bisons. But quietly, without fanfare, he’s built a career that resonates across the statistics of the franchise’s modern-era leaders.
- Martinez, Hafner to join Herd on rehab
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Updated: 08/17/08 6:41 AM There was big news before the game and good news on the field Saturday night in Dunn Tire Park.
- Big inning caps night for Bisons
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Updated: 08/16/08 7:21 AM All of the frustration, joy and oddities that have made for one of the more bizarre seasons in Bisons history united for one explosive night Friday at Dunn Tire Park.
