Blue Jays start to feel at home, make Buffalo's long wait worth it From the Mike Harrington's favorite stories of 2020 series By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter Aug 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020 Updated Sep 21, 2023 0 1 of 2 Travis Shaw celebrates after hitting the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning against the Miami Marlins. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins players stand for the anthems at Sahlen Field on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter The tweet came out from the Bisons three hours before the first pitch and it was perfect.kAm%96 w6C5[ @7 4@FCD6[ DA6?5D 9@FCD FA@? 9@FCD 6G6CJ D62D@? 49C@?:4=:?8 A=2J6C EC2?D24E:@?D] p?5 E96 A2C6?E %@C@?E@ q=F6 y2JD 92G6 366? C6DA@?D:3=6 7@C C@F89=J a__ 2 D62D@? E96 =2DE D6G6? 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The year in sports: The pandemic caused a pause and then the games returned The first thing we'll remember about 2020 in sports is the silence. From mid-March until July, the games were stopped because of Covid-19.
Blue Jays' Bichette feels right at home with big blast in Sahlen Field Bichette's three-run homer that clanked off the left-field light tower gave the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Column: Blue Jays make big league history in Buffalo, even if few see it What happened Tuesday was one of those moments amid the swirl of decades of events when civic history becomes almost surreal, writes Sean Kirst.
Oh, how we wish Buffalo's baseball saints could be here to see the Blue Jays As the "oddest confluence of circumstance" makes Buffalo the Jays' "home field," Mike Harrington "tips his cap" to all those who dreamed over …
Hamstring strain could keep Yankees' Stanton out of series in Buffalo The slugger was injured running on the bases Saturday at Tampa Bay.
Blue Jays 5, Marlins 4 Toronto Blue Jays 5, Miami Marlins 4 at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
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The final stages of Sahlen Field's transformation Only a few finishing touches remain as the Toronto Blue Jays revealed a full rebranding of Sahlen Field a day before the team's "Home Away fro…
