Bisons by the month
June had been pretty good to the Bisons until they dropped the last four games to Charlotte, including Tuesday's 4-3 headscratcher that wasted Jonathon Niese's continued brilliance.
The Herd is off Wednesday. The record is 26-49 overall, 14-30 at home.
Yes, 30 home losses before July 1. Wow. Still, June was much better. Let's compare:
April: 2-17, .197 team batting average, 2.5 runs per game, 4.25 team ERA
May: 12-18, .251 BA, 3.4 rpg, 3.96 ERA
June: 12-15, .268 BA, 4.0 rpg, 3.93 ERA.
Bisons were fourth in the IL in batting in June. Think the change of hitting coaches from Luis Natera to Bill Masse had some impact? You bet.
Hey, the Bisons were better than the parent Mets in June (9-18) and the Double-A Binghamton Mets (8-21), who had the worst month in their history.
Holy Shea, this organization is a mess!!!
---Mike Harrington
Ralph: Totally agree. Obie is a great guy but seems beaten down by this team and all the bizarre losing.
Posted by: Mike Harrington | July 01, 2009 at 07:42 PM
Mike:
Either this year or next, the new manager for the Bisons will be Bill Masse.
Posted by: Ralph from Amherst | July 01, 2009 at 03:35 PM
I don't know, Mike. The Brooklyn Cyclones are in first place. It works like the Albany-NYC nexus. The closer a team is to The City, it gets "protection."
Upstate New York is "Out-of-State" past Albany or thereabouts.
Posted by: David,Amherst | July 01, 2009 at 11:24 AM