Buffalo Bisons 2010

[MFS62]

Last year I was able to listen to Buffalo games at 1520 AM on my car radio.
I hope they will be broadcast on the same station this year.

There are many prospects on that team who we will be hoping to see in the majors soon.
In case you're wondering, the announcers aren't on that list.

If you have the radio frequencies for the other farm teams, please post them.
Thanks,
Later

Edited April 7, 2010 by Guest

[Ceetar]

I heard someone tell me last year that all the minor league games are broadcast online for free, but I can't verify that right now.

[MFS62]

Caught the last inning of Thursday's Buffalo season opener against the MFY's AAA team.
Down by a run, up came Thole, Fernando Martinez and Ike Davis (who had three hits earlier in the game).
Pop up to left.
Strikeout swinging
Strikeout looking.

Still some work to be done. Thole has shown good on base skills in his career, but he swung at the first pitch.

But I'll guess at least one person calls WFAN today to rant about bringing Ike up immediately.
Later

[Frayed Knot]

Seems to me that following buffalo could lead to stepping in some pretty large piles of shit.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: Seems to me that following buffalo could lead to stepping in some pretty large piles of shit.

Dying over here

[ashie62]

MFS62 wrote: Last year I was able to listen to Buffalo games at 1520 AM on my car radio. I hope they will be broadcast on the same station this year. There are many prospects on that team who we will be hoping to see in the majors soon. In case you're wondering, the announcers aren't on that list. If you have the radio frequencies for the other farm teams, please post them. Thanks, Later

You might want to ask Dan Rather for the frequency

[Frayed Knot]

In fact, that's true if you're following buffalo or if you're following Buffalo

[MFS62]

I caught the end of the broadcast tonight.
Davis' home run went half way up the batters' eye behind the 408' sign in dead center.
Oh yeah, and the wind was blowing IN! (seriously)

Buffalo batters walked six batters. If they keep this up, they'll be known as the Buffalo Wild Wings.
(rim shot)
Later

[nymr83]

Davis 3-4 last night and 1-3 with 2 walks and a bomb tonight

Jacobs is 1-11 just keeping Davis' seat warm!

[MFS62]

Picking up the thread. I waited until I resolved some technical problems that prevented me from being able to view the Buffalo (and other minor league) box scores.

Aldrois Chapman is scheduled to pitch for Louisville against Buffalo tonight.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

First-place Buffalo, you mean? They swept the weekend series against Louisville, coming back with a furious, 4-run 10th-inning rally to win the Sunday game, scoring the walkoff on Chris Carter's (.329/.387/.600 through 22 games) 2-run HR. The Bison are 15-9.

(And how about "Tracking Buffalo" for thread title?)

[MFS62]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: (And how about "Tracking Buffalo" for thread title?)

Sorry, but I'm not Native American. I'd probably follow the spoor to a chicken wings place.
Funny, though.

Later

[MFS62]

Good news: The Bisons scored 7 runs last night, 6 off highly touted Cuban signee Aroldis Chapman.
Bad news: They lost by 13 runs.
That is not a misprint, boys and girls.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_05_03_louaaa_bufaaa_1

Chapman hit 100+ MPH four times, according to the stadium speed tracker. (102 MPH twice)
Parnell, in his one inning, the only scoreless one thrown by a Bison, hit 98 and 99.

Buffalo is now 15-10 on the season.
They close out the homestand tonight with RA Dickey on the mound. He is working on a streak during which he has retired the last 27 batters he's faced.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Biggest chunk came against Kiko Calero, who says he is not going to let six-run innings harsh his mellow.



Golf clap to Bobby Parnell, who, in pitching a scoreless ninth, prevented the aptly named Louisville Bats from pulling off the rare feat of scoring in every inning.

[Frayed Knot]

You'd have to say that this is a pretty brutal line for Kiko Calero:
1.1 IP; 7 ER; 8 H; 1 HR; 1 K -- but 0 BB so, y'know, it's not ALL bad

[Fman99]

You'd have to say that this is a pretty brutal line for Kiko Calero: 1.1 IP; 7 ER; 8 H; 1 HR; 1 K -- but 0 BB so, y'know, it's not ALL bad

[smg58]

Chris Carter has a .348/.408/.607 line so far. Too bad he needs more minor league seasoning.

You would think that Calero would want to get back to the majors, wouldn't you?

[Theoldmole]

Why aren't they called the Louisville Sluggers?

[nymr83]

You'd have to say that this is a pretty brutal line for Kiko Calero: 1.1 IP; 7 ER; 8 H; 1 HR; 1 K -- but 0 BB so, y'know, it's not ALL bad

6 more runs today in 1/3 of an inning.

NOT READY

[Frayed Knot]

Nymr83 wrote: You'd have to say that this is a pretty brutal line for Kiko Calero: 1.1 IP; 7 ER; 8 H; 1 HR; 1 K -- but 0 BB so, y'know, it's not ALL bad 6 more runs today in 1/3 of an inning. NOT READY

What, just because his ERA over the last two outings is a shade over 70.0 ?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, that's about as obvious a conclusion as one can come to, unless you mean he's not ready to be unconditionally released. I might disagree with that.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And in other aneurysm-inducing-type news, Chris Carter hit his fifth HR last night, and continues to double Sargelet and FrankieCats' on-base percentage figures (.393 to .234/.208) and triple their slugging numbers (.602 to .190/.217).

[Guest Edgy DC]

You're making my testes weep.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Maybe you're just like your father, two-balled.
Maybe you're just like your mother-- she's never satisfied.

[soupcan]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Maybe you're just like your father, two-balled. Maybe you're just like your mother-- she's never satisfied.

'When Balls Cry'?

[Guest Edgy DC]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Maybe you're just like your father, two-balled. Maybe you're just like your mother-- she's never satisfied.

Personal foul. Fifteen yards. Repeat post.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If it was Saturday night, I guess that'd make it all right.

[MFS62]

If they bring Carter up, it will be a Celebration.

Now, shoo from my Buffalo baseball news thread with those cheesey 80's song flashbacks.
Begonne I say, ye hijackers!

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Several interesting tidbits from the weekend's action in Indianapolis, where the Bisons dropped two of three to the creatively-named Indians:

-- Dillon Gee got hammered like a clumsy Home Depot employee on Friday night, taking the loss after surrendering 5 ER on 6 hits and 5 walks in 5 innings. After his first two scoreless starts, he's been seriously middling (5.81 ERA in the intervening 4 starts).

-- From the "Seriously? SERIOUSLY?" department: after missing close to a week with a balky back, FernyMart left Sunday's game after one at-bat, having hurt himself legging out a ground ball," as per Bisons.com. More about the injury in coming days.

-- Josh Thole may be turning a corner? Slappy the Catcher had his first three-hit game of the year on Sunday, including a run-scoring triple. He's batting a strong .286/.348/.524 thus far in May after an unfortunate, putrid April (.172/.242/.259).

-- All glove, no hit? Not necessarily so. Ruben Tejada appears to be heating up himself, going 2-4 with a double Sunday to extend a six-game hit streak, during which he's gone 8-19 (.421) with a trio of XBH.

-- Mike "Don't choose the BP, buddy, go for the" Hessman had hisself a weekend, going 4-for-10 with a 3-run HR, two 2Bs, a couple of walks, and a pair of especially-grizzled "When I was just starting out..." stories. He's nursing a roomy season OPS of .988 (with .633 slugging!), and has kabonged 9 kabongs and 19 extra-base hits on the year.

-- Your SPCA CarterWatch Update: Carter went 2-for-4 in sunday's Bison loss... with another HR, raising his season rates to an unseasonably-hot .339/.395/.615 kinda place. He's in the midst of a ten-game hit streak, during which he's a Delta-Burke-sultry .425/.465/.775. Feed the Animal, please.

OE: Ruben been bolded.

Edited May 10, 2010 by Guest

[MFS62]

Don't forget Reuben Tejada. After a 3-23 start when he was sent down, he has been en fuego.
He went 4-4 last night. Here are his current stats.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=514913

Later