The Real Buffalo Joe

If you told me five years ago the Bills were making it before the Sabres, I would have laughed in your face. Hopefully Dahlin can turn things around. Last season was the first season since I moved away that I didn't buy the Center Ice package.

What happened to the Zephyrs?

They do once in a while actually. About 10 games a year. Used to be if the Mets were off, and the Bisons were home, SNY would show them when we were their farm team. But I'm talking about the hypothetical market if we had gotten a Major League team, or at least what it was back in the early 90s.

The funny thing is, my parents had the attitude of "drink all you want, just don't drive, or get in the car with a drunk driver. Call us, even if its 2am." Because it wasn't a rebelious thing to do, I never drank till I was 21. I went to bars all the time, and drank coke. Called my mom a few times for a ride home if my ride got too drunk. She was more than glad to pick me up.

In our first couple of season in Pilot field, we actually outdrew the Braves and White Sox. I believe I read somewhere that part of the problem was that we weren't gonnaget any of the TV money until the then current contract ended, about five years after we came into the league. Also, our TV market wouldn't have reached southern Ontario (already Blue Jays territory), would stop at the state border (Pirates), and I read that Rochester would have been about the limit going East before Mets/Yankees took over.

Mariners 16 Browns 15 Marlins 14 Timberwolves 13 Sacramento Kings 11 Padres 11 Bucs 10 White Sox 9 Carolina Hurricanes 8 NYJ 7

Why not a throwback to the 70s? Honor Buffalo Bills great OJ Simpson and retire his number at halftime.

In a hippie town like Seattle? It would never happen.

Lawyers. I'm sure they added some BS claims about emotional torment of it being on TV. Somehow proven that he could have, hypothetically, played passed that season. I know we all know he couldn't of course, but lawyers probably found a way around it. Legal fees as well. 12.5 is chump change for an NFL team.

I've hung out by the bus plenty of times and got autographs. Chuck Berry, REO Speedwagon Creedence Clearwater Revisited (original bass player and drummer. More than a tribute band, less than the real thing) and George Thorogood. As long as the saw the record and sharpie in my hand, they didn't have a problem.

Its $10 a month. They also have a 3 month subscription for like 20, and a one year for for $60,

So is he done with Aerosmith then? I've read rumors that he was gonna tour with the remaining members of LZ a few years ago, but I guess it never came to fruition.

Did he play mostly solo stuff, or Aerosmith?

This is my father in law. He struggles to remember names of people he met yesterday. But he can describe in crisp detail the Vietnam War or a baseball game he played in high school.

It truly depends on the farm team. A lot of AAA guys are there because they have a great bat and need to develop their glove, or vice versa. Sometimes they're just unlucky because of who they play under. If you were a Shortstop in the Yankees farm system any time within the past 20 years, you better learn another position or hope you get traded. I know the Bisons had a lot of guys when the Indians were good, that were down there to learn a new position.

Love this thinking.

Fiance just bought be tickets for the Outlaw Music Festival tour. Willie Nelson headliner. Sturgil Simpson. (Look him up, sounds like he came right out of the 70s.) And a bunch of other unknown country artists. Looked up the lineup. I thought good country was dead. It isn't. It's just not on the radio anywhere.

Technically second oldest. But Pawtuckett did some major renovations about ten or fifteen years ago. In Houston we obviously have the Astros. Sugarland (about 30 minutes south) has an independent league team called the Skeeters. Brand new ballpark about five years ago. They do some crazy promotions. I went there, they asked if I wanted to enter to win a TV. I said yes, and they handed me a spoon. They burried a remote under the field before the game. Whoever dug it up won the TV. They also signed Roger Clements for one game. I have season tickets to UH baseball. Nothing fancy about the ballpark, but it's cheap, and the team has been in the conference championship 4/5 years and won it twice. So its good baseball. Except in the beginning where we play Northern teams that aren't at our level and we're winning games that aren't even close. Rice has a nicer stadium, but tickets are more expensive. The best part of being a college baseball fan is that the season starts in mid February. So you only go like 2.5 months without any baseball in your life. The Astros host a college baseball classic every year with six different teams, usually including UH. $30 gets you an all weekend pass, and I usually go to almost all the games. This year I went to a game that didn't end until the 12th inning at 1am.

I was getting ready to buy Aeros Season Tickets, the year they left for Iowa of all places.

Another interesting topic to think about. What if we started Doug Flutie instead of Rob Johnson back in the Wildcard game against the Titans?

Weird. I used to go to AHL games when Houston had a team when I first moved down here, and didn't notice much of a difference. Granted I started getting into it during the lockout, so I didn't have anything else to compare it to at the time. Lol. Although going to minor league games in the south is a weird experience. Because its like a mini convention of fans of all teams, because its such a niche sport. So most people usually just wore gear of whatever NHL team they rooted for.

I was really upset when the lost the Indians affiliation. Aside from the fact that I was an Indians fan at the time, they used their AAA team, so we actually had some decent talent come through. The Mets were a wannabe Yankees, and tried to build through FA, so we were dealt a **** team. I moved a year or so after that, so have only been to a handful of games under the Blue Jays. I hate the idea that jerseys now change to be replicas of the farm club. Other than the late 70s and early 80s, the Bisons have a history that goes back 100+ years with their own unique identity. But it's the Blue Jays version of the Bills Toronto series to expand their market.

So I love baseball. Grew up in Buffalo, and was a huge Bisons fan. Went to at least 10-15 games a season with my dad. Pilot Field/North Americare/Dunn Tire/ Coca Cola Field was like a second home to me. Took a few vacations to the beautiful Rochester, NY to take in some road games. Even took the bus and went to games alone when I was old enough. When I turned 20, I moved down here to Houston. The Astros sucked at the time so I could get a ticket for like $5 and sit where I wanted as long as the Yankees, Red Sox, or Rangers weren't in town. I was excited to have a Major League experience. While I love Minute Maid Park, and came around to the Astros, I was kind of disappointed. I have about the same amount of fun at Major League game than I did in the minors. Not sure what I was expecting. Maybe it's because I love the game so much, and I'm there purely for baseball, so all the other bells and whistles I don't care for.

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Lt. Dan invested all of our money in some sort of fruit company or something. Then he told me we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, Good. Ya, know. One less thing.