Column: Buffalo memories are rekindled for Red Sox veteran Kevin Pillar By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter Aug 26, 2020 Aug 26, 2020 Updated Sep 21, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was reasonable for Kevin Pillar to think he would never see Sahlen Field again unless he was thrust into an injury rehab assignment someday.kAmqFE E96 @55 4:C4F>DE2?46D @7 a_a_ AFE E96 G6E6C2? q@DE@? #65 $@I @FE7:6=56C 324< :? qF772=@ E9:D H66< – 2?5 82G6 9:> A2FD6 E@ C67=64E @? E96 3F:=5:?8 3=@4<D @7 9:D 3:8\=628F6 42C66C]k^AmkAmxE H2D :? qF772=@ H96C6 E96 7@C>6C ba?5\C@F?5 A:4< 7:CDE 8@E E@ %C:A=6\p :? a_`b 2?5 C62=:K65 9@H 4=@D6 96 H2D E@ %@C@?E@[ 2 42== E92E 42>6 2 >@?E9 =2E6C]k^Am kAmp?5 :? 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Column: At Sahlen Field, lots of powerful statements on an important day The scoreboard was turned to black with white logos of the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox. Above them in capital letters was the word "E…
Inside Baseball: It's become an alternate world for Bisons manager Ken Huckaby If the world was on the schedule we were planning in March, the Bisons' 2020 home finale would have been played Sunday at Sahlen Field.
Blue Jays briefs: Grichuk's walkoff home run stuns Orioles in the 10th The summer of dramatic games in Sahlen Field continues for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Column: It's easy to forget Vladdy Jr. is a work in progress, not yet a star It's hard not to put Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on fast forward.
Blue Jays Briefs: Series hero Eovaldi scratched by Red Sox for start here Eovaldi's calf tightened over the weekend while he was long tossing in Baltimore and the team is pushing him back to Saturday.
Inside Baseball: On Rays TV, ex-Bison Brian Anderson enjoyed Sahlen Field look The Fox Sports Sun analyst had his Sahlen Field memories rekindled: "It really stood out that we had a great following in Buffalo."
Bisons taking preorders for 'The Seasons of Buffalo Baseball' The book is an update of the 1985 team bible "The 100 Seasons of Buffalo Baseball."
Watch Michael Malone address media for the first time since his hiring as UNC's next men's basketball coach
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