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@Mike_Buczkowski The Mighty PO can sign his autographs with HOF at the end of his name. What would it take to get an autographed baseball from the newest inductee?

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@mjflahertyjr @BuffaloBisons Nobody better than King Po

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@hsimon62 @BuffaloBisons @HERDchronicles @MiLB Great to see that my older brother is getting the recognition that he deserves. Now when he signs his name to my birthday gift check he can include HOF

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@DukeMcGuire33 @VinnysCorner1 Billy Scherrer Cardinal O’Hara High School

[Budd Bailey @WDX2BB]

It was a great thrill to write this story about Mark Derringer, my good friend since 1978 and a huge sports fan who died Tuesday. We had many, many laughs together.

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@WDX2BB 2026 Bisons opening day with Mark in a suite along the left field line.
A great great person and friend

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@DukeMcGuire33 @BobPagesports Billy Scherrer

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@DukeMcGuire33 @BarrySchust Freddie “Downtown” Hilton

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@DukeMcGuire33 @TheSports_Shift The Mad Hungarian

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@DukeMcGuire33 @OleTimeHardball Shoeless Joe Jackson

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@DukeMcGuire33 @TheBaseballHut Cho Choo Coleman

[The Herd Chronicles @HERDchronicles]

Happy Birthday Rick Lancellotti. He won the Eastern League MVP in 1979, when he hit .287 with 41 HRs and 107 RBIs. He tied the all-time Eastern League record in home runs that season. #Bisons

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11th-hour complications scuttled planned 4th of July celebration. https://t.co/FvXhmJkoQx

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Cleveland, Ohio, March 14, 1931 - Construction is well underway on one of the first multi-purpose stadiums designed for both baseball and football. It would be known as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, a mammoth ballpark costing $2,500,000 to build along the lakefront, and could hold up to 78,000 for baseball and 83,000 for football.

This photo was taken just under nine months after construction was started on June 24, 1930. It would open on July 1, 1931, and two days later, the stadium hosted a Max Schmeling heavyweight fight that drew 37,000. The first Major League baseball game was not until the following year on July 31, 1932, when the Cleveland Indians lost to Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia Athletics 1-0. The inaugural contest drew 80,184, then a Major League record.

And there was even a time in the 1930's that the Indians, for several reasons, abandoned the stadium and returned to League Park. But after several years of Cleveland Municipal Stadium sitting mostly deserted, city officials pressured the ball club to return, which they did on a part-time basis, mostly on weekends, while playing during the week at League Park.

Finally, they moved into the stadium full-time in 1947, where they stayed till 1993.

One big misconception we keep running into is that this huge venue was built with the hopes of winning the bid for the 1932 Olympics. The problem with that thinking is that Los Angeles was awarded the Olympics in 1923, five years before Cleveland Municipal Stadium was approved by voters.

-Ron A. Bolton

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@OleTimeHardball Matt Winters

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@DukeMcGuire33 @VinnysCorner1 I liked Joe Pepitone

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#OTD in 1997, Torey Lovullo drilled a solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give #Buffalo a 4-3 walk-off win over the Iowa Cubs. #Bisons

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@PatWGR @DukeMcGuire33 Or Cleveland and Rosey would have sent you to concession stands to buy a hot dog for him because he forgot his wallet

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#OTD in 1979, Rick Lancellotti hit 2 home runs and had 5 RBIs in the #Bisons 12-6 victory over the West Haven Yankees. #Buffalo

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@BuffaloBisons How much was the 50/50 worth?