“The goal is obviously to be in the big leagues, but you have to take it day by day and just live in the moment.”
I spoke with #Bisons pitcher CJ Van Eyk for the latest installment of Conversations with the Herd: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...
Happy Birthday John Axford. He had a 0.84 ERA in nine relief appearances for the 2021 #Bisons. Pitched for Canisius College in 2006. Led the N.L. with 46 saves for the 2011 Brewers. Collected 144 major-league saves and pitched in 544 big-league games. #Buffalo
#Bisons won at Omaha tonight 6-4.
McAdoo 2-3, 3B, BB, RBI
Piñango 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Clase 1-4, HR, BB, RBI
Rivera 2-4
Valenzuela 1-3, BB, 2 RBI
Jiménez 1-4, BB
Van Eyk 4 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Macko 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Happy Birthday Chien-Ming Wang. He went 4-3 with a 3.48 ERA in nine games (eight starts) for the 2013 #Bisons. He won 68 major-league games, including 19 in back-to-back seasons with the #Yankees in
2006 and 2007.
Happy Birthday Cameron Eden. He set a #Bisons single season modern-era record with 53 stolen bases in 2023.
John Hernstein was born #OTD in 1938. He hit .293 with 23 HRs and 83 RBIs for the 1962 #Bisons. Played for the Phillies, Cubs, and Braves. Also played fullback & linebacker at the University of #Michigan from 1956 to 1958. #Buffalo
Happy Birthday to San Francisco Giants lefty Ryan Borucki. He pitched in 25 career games with the Herd. Went 6-5 with a 3.27 ERA in 13 starts for the 2018 #Bisons. #BlueJays
Ed Gremminger, the #Bisons third baseman from 1896 to 1898, was born #OTD in 1874. He hit .314 for the Herd in 1896 and followed that up by hitting .309 in 1897. Played in 383 major-league games. #Buffalo
Happy Birthday to #Dodgers Bullpen Coach Josh Bard. He played in 170 games with the Herd from 2001 to 2004 and hit .292 with 15 HRs and 92 RBIs. #Bisons
Happy Birthday Alfredo Torres. In three seasons with the Herd, he hit .279 with 60 HRs and 276 RBIs. #Bisons
#OTD in 2025, the #Bisons defeated Rochester 6-2 on Opening Day at Sahlen Field. Starting pitcher Eric Lauer allowed 2 runs over 4 innings, and Joey Loperfido collected 2 hits, including a solo HR. The victory on March 28 marked the earliest win in team history. #Buffalo
Happy Birthday Hyang-Nam Choi. He went 8-5 with a 2.37 ERA in 34 games (11 starts) for the Herd in 2006. #Bisons
Jimmie Coker was born #OTD in 1936. He hit .287 with 15 HRs and 64 RBIs for the 1959 #Bisons. Played in the majors with the Phillies, Giants, and Reds. #Buffalo
Best individual performance by a #Bisons player on Opening Day — for a Home Opener, I’ll take Billy Bottenus going 5-for-5 with 4 home runs, 1 double, and 9 RBI in 1895. For a Road Opener, I’ll take Doc Amole’s no-hitter at Detroit in 1900: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...
Happy Birthday Brian Slocum. He pitched in three seasons with the Herd and went 6-3 with a 3.35 ERA in 27 games (15 starts) for the 2006 #Bisons. #Buffalo
Happy Birthday Mike Dalton, who pitched in two seasons with #Buffalo. He had a 3.66 ERA and 10 saves for the 1992 #Bisons.
Happy Birthday Matt Harvey. He went 7-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 20 starts for the 2012 #Bisons. He also won the Top Star award for the International League in the 2012 Triple-A All-Star Game in #Buffalo, when he hurled two hitless innings.
Happy Birthday Jason Dubois. He hit 32 HRs and had 109 RBIs in 164 games for the #Bisons over three seasons. #Buffalo
