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Baseball is dull only to dull minds. - Red Barber #BlueJays #Bisons

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#OTD in 2021, Kevin Smith went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs, a walk, and 4 RBIs, and Richard Ureña went 2-for-5 with 2 home runs and 5 RBIs in the #Bisons 14-1 win at Rochester.

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#OTD in 1948, the Kansas City Monarchs defeated the Cleveland Buckeyes 12-4 in a game played at #Buffalo’s Offermann Stadium. Hank Thompson drilled a grand slam to lead the way for the Monarchs.

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#OTD in 2022, Samad Taylor went 4-for-4 with 2 doubles, a walk, 2 RBIs, and a stolen base in the #Bisons 8-4 win at Lehigh Valley. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 2002, Josh Bard homered, doubled, and collected 5 RBIs to lead the #Bisons to a 10-9 victory over the Durham Bulls. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 2018, Sean Reid-Foley allowed a run on 4 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 7 in 7 1/3 innings, and Darnell Sweeney went 2-for-3 with a home run, double, and 3 RBI, in the #Bisons 4-3 win over Rochester. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 1996, Nigel Wilson belted 2 home runs and drove in 4 runs in #Buffalo’s 12-10 win over the Omaha Royals. #Bisons

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#OTD in 1968, 21-year-old Al Oliver hit for the cycle and had 7 RBIs to lead the Columbus Jets to a 17-6 win over the #Bisons in a game played at Jets Stadium in Columbus.

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#OTD in 2013, Thad Weber hurled seven no-hit innings, allowing one walk while striking out eight, in the #Bisons 2-1 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 1993, Roy Smith fired a three-hit shutout and Rich Aude hit a home run, double, and collected 3 RBIs in the Herd’s 12-0 win over Indianapolis. #Bisons

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Happy Birthday Erik Kratz. He played with #Buffalo in 2014 and 2016. Hit .299 with 3 HRs and 17 RBIs in 27 games for the 2014 #Bisons. Played in 332 major-league games. @ErikKratz31

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#OTD in 2016, Wade LeBlanc allowed one unearned run on five hits and two walks, while striking out 11 batters in eight innings, and Matt Dominguez belted a grand slam in the #Bisons 5-1 win over the Durham Bulls. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 1955, Tommy Lasorda fired a five-hit shutout and Roger Craig allowed one run while striking out 14 batters in the nightcap of the Montreal Royals doubleheader sweep of the #Bisons at Offermann Stadium. The Royals won by scores of 8-0 and 4-1.

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#OTD in 2010, Fernando Martínez hit a walk-off grand slam in #Buffalo’s 7-6 win over Lehigh Valley. Josh Thole went 3-for-3 with a home run, double, walk, and an RBI in the #Bisons big comeback win.

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#OTD in 1952, Toni Stone, the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues, played for the Indianapolis Clowns vs. the Memphis Red Sox in a twin bill in #Buffalo. She was limited to “brief appearances” due to a “split finger,” grounding out in game one and walking in the nightcap.

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#OTD in 1996, Casey Candaele hit a two-out. bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Herd a 6-5 walk-off win over the Omaha Royals. #Bisons

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#OTD in 1957, Luke Easter became the first player ever to hit a home run over the center-field scoreboard at Offermann Stadium. The ball traveled an estimated 550 feet from home plate. He would repeat the amazing feat just two months later. #Bisons

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Happy Birthday Randy Tomlin. He pitched in 14 career games for the #Bisons (12 starts). Pitched in 106 major-league games with Pittsburgh and went 14-9 with a 3.41 ERA for the 1992 #Pirates. @RandyTomlin29

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#OTD in 1944, Henry Kimbro went 3-for-4 with a home run to lead the Baltimore Elite Giants to a 10-3 win over the New York Black Yankees at #Buffalo’s Offermann Stadium. Kimbro was a 7X All-Star and won the Negro National League batting title in 1947.

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#OTD in 2004, Eric Crozier drilled two home runs and Russell Branyan blasted a grand slam in the #Bisons 10-6 win at Ottawa. #Buffalo

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#OTD in 1964, Choo Choo Coleman hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning of the #Bisons 7-2 win at Atlanta. #Buffalo