HERDchronicles

By: Brian Frank Bisons infielder Charles McAdoo isn't the first in his extended family to play sports in the Queen City. McAdoo is related to NBA Hall of Famer and former Buffalo Braves star Bob McAdoo, who played in Buffalo from 1972 to 1976, winning the league's MVP award in 1975, Rookie of the Year in 1973, and claiming the NBA scoring title three times with the Braves. “I believe he's a second or third cousin,” Charles McAdoo said in a recent interview with The Herd Chron

By: Brian Frank Grant Rogers might be firing pitches with his right arm at Sahlen Field these days—but, incredibly, he used to pitch left-handed. "I was pitching (right-handed) in my Little League championship game—and I was a big kid—I was 11, throwing maybe, like, 75 (mph). My elbow cracked, or something popped, and I went and got a first look—they said something I can't even remember. I went and got a second opinion. The guy said, just rest a year and you'll be fine. I res

By: Brian Frank Trey Yesavage, who rocketed through the Blue Jays' system last year, beginning the season at Low-A Dunedin and finishing it pitching in the World Series, returned to the Sahlen Field mound last night. Yesavage had a 3.63 ERA in six games for Buffalo last season. He was then promoted to Toronto, where he pitched in three regular-season games before pitching in six postseason games, including an 11-strikeout performance in the American League Division Series aga

By: Brian Frank Of all the legendary players who have passed through Buffalo in its long history of professional sports, none has had a greater impact on sports or society than Jack Roosevelt Robinson. In 1946, Jackie Robinson played nine games at second base for the Montreal Royals at Buffalo’s Offermann Stadium. Buffalo baseball fans witnessed history as they watched Robinson prepare to break the major league color barrier the following spring. In August 1945, Brooklyn Do