Sahlen Field without fans during a Blue Jays-Yankees game last September. The fans will be there this summer and will the Jays make another postseason run?Â
The one sentiment you feel coming out of Toronto toward the Buffalo Bisons these days is gratitude. Yes, the Bisons and Blue Jays have been together now since 2013 but there are relationships in play that date long before that. Jays GM Ross Atkins was Cleveland's farm director running the Herd in 2006 but president/CEO Mark Shapiro was in that job the first day the Tribe walked into town in September of 1994.
"Buffalo has been good to us. It's been good to me. We had a good time there last year," manager Charlie Montoyo said on his pregame video call Wednesday from Oakland
The Bisons/Thunder were on top of their game in all phases in their season opener against the Worcester Red Sox, scoring two runs in the first and loping home with a 6-1 victory before a socially-distanced sellout crowd of 1,526.
The shutdown of spring training didn’t just put a sudden stop on things for players. Especially when it comes to the minor leagues, coaches and managers are all trying to push forward to make the majors someday, too. At 44, Canisius High graduate Fran Riordan is getting close. He was preparing for his third year as a Triple-A manager
Sahlen Field without fans during a Blue Jays-Yankees game last September. The fans will be there this summer and will the Jays make another postseason run?Â
