Bisons' announcement is not a Mets game

January 21, 2010 - 12:40 PM

The Buffalo Bisons are promoting a "major event announcement" as part of Friday's sold-out Winter Hot Stove Luncheon at the Adam's Mark. The featured speakers are Mets GM Omar Minaya and field coordinator Terry Collins, the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer and former Herd manager.

I think I've got an idea what's up but -- unlike bigmouth national types who cover the NFL and did such a lousy job on the Bills' coaching/GM searches -- I prefer to be right rather than just throw information around seemingly without caring if it's good.

I can tell you this to quell some speculation that's already flaring around emails, Twitter, etc.: It's NOT an exhibition game against the Mets. Those games have been outlawed as part of the players' most recent union contracts and they're not done anymore. Too bad for fans in minor-league towns but the big-leaguers simply said no mas to them.

---Mike Harrington

(www.twitter.com/bnharrington)

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Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington, a Canisius College graduate who began his career as a News reporter in 1987, has covered the Buffalo Bisons since 1992 and Major League Baseball since 1995. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Harrington has reported on 15 World Series -- including every pitch of the Fall Classic this century -- and all three of the Bisons' championship runs in their modern era. He is a connoisseur of the famous Stadium Mustard at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

@BNHarrington | mharrington@buffnews.com

Amy Moritz

Amy Moritz, a native of Lockport, has covered the Bisons for The Buffalo News since 2002. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/mass communication from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in humanities from the University at Buffalo. An endurance athlete, she has completed several triathlons, half marathons and marathons.

@TBN_Moritz | amoritz@buffnews.com

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