Happy Birthday Bryan Little. He played parts of three seasons with the Herd. Hit .306 in 49 games for the 1985 #Bisons. Played in the majors with the Expos, White Sox, and Yankees. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Sandy Martinez. He hit .274 with 17 HRs and 47 RBIs in 62 games for the 2004 Governors’ Cup Champion #Bisons.

Happy Birthday Kirby Snead. He pitched in 77 career games for the Herd. Had a 1.58 ERA in 36 games for the 2021 #Bisons. Has pitched in 79 big league games.

Fred Fussell was born #OTD in 1895. He pitched in four seasons with the Herd, including 1932 when he went 15-8. Pitched in the majors for the Cubs and Pirates. #Bisons

#Bisons starter Jake Bloss fired two perfect innings for the Mesa Solar Sox in their 4-3, 10 inning loss to the Glendale Desert Dogs last night. Blue Jays prospect Jake Cook went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two stolen bases for the Solar Sox.

Happy Birthday Rich DeLucia. He had 19 saves for the 1999 #Bisons. Pitched in 320 major-league games over 10 seasons. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1884, the National League #Bisons used 21 hits to defeat the Providence Grays 13-7. Third baseman Deacon White (pictured) went 4-for-6 and Jack Rowe went 3-for-6 with a triple to lead the Herd.

Happy Birthday Rich Yett. He went 3-3 with a 3.05 ERA in seven starts for the 1987 #Bisons. Pitched in 136 major-league games, mostly with Cleveland. #Buffalo

Dutch Meyer was born #OTD in 1915. He played three seasons with #Buffalo. Hit .305 with 20 HRs and 72 RBIs for the 1941 #Bisons and followed that up by hitting .285 with 20 HRs and 89 RBIs for the Herd in 1942. Played in the majors with the Cubs, Tigers, and Cleveland.

Harry Heitmann was born #OTD in 1896. He won 43 games for the #Bisons from 1920 to 1923. Went 17-12 with a 3.19 ERA for the Herd in 1921. #Buffalo

Claude “Little All Right” Ritchey was born #OTD in 1873. He hit .269 for the 1896 #Bisons and went on to hit .273 in a 13-year major-league career. Played in the first World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday to Miami Marlins broadcaster Rod Allen. He hit .302 with 17 HRs and 92 RBIs for the 1997 #Bisons. Played in the majors with Seattle, Detroit, and Cleveland. #Buffalo

Ralph Shinners was born #OTD in 1895. He had two solid seasons with the Herd. Hit .310 with 20 HRs and 90 RBIs for the 1930 #Bisons. #Buffalo

#OTD in 1878, the #Bisons beat the National League’s Providence Grays in 13 innings, just a day after beating the N.L.’s Boston Red Stockings in 12. Pud Galvin pitched complete games in both. #Buffalo would join the N.L. the following season.

Happy Birthday Alex Ramírez. He won #Buffalo’s 1998 team MVP Award, when he hit .299 with 34 HRs and 103 RBIs. Hit 57 HRs and had 197 RBIs in his #Bisons career. Had over 2,000 hits and 380 HRs in Japan. I spoke with him for a Conversations with the Herd: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

#Bisons manager “Derby Day Bill” Clymer shakes hands with 37-year-old Toledo Mud Hens skipper Casey Stengel prior to a game in the 1927 Little World Series.

#OTD in 1878, Pud Galvin and the #Bisons of the International Association defeated the National League’s Boston Red Caps 9-5. #Buffalo would join the N.L. the following season.

Bill Serena was born #OTD in 1924. He played two seasons with #Buffalo. Slashed .253/.378/.487 with 24 HRs and 73 RBIs for the 1956 #Bisons. Played in 408 major-league games.

#OTD in 1927, Eurie Proffitt tossed a complete game in the #Bisons 8-2 win over Toledo in the Little World Series. #Buffalo still trailed in the best-of-nine series, two games to one.

Happy Birthday Brandon Valenzuela. He played 30 career games for the #Bisons. Made his MLB debut this season playing in 91 games for the Blue Jays.