Breakfast with the Bisons

June 9, 2011 - 10:15 AM

It's the annual School Kids Day game in Coca-Cola Field as the Bisons meet the Indianapolis Indians before at least 10,000 children with plenty of Spongebob Squarepants music likely to be rocking the house.

Maybe the kids can change the Bisons' fortune. The Herd has dropped five straight overall and the first two games in this series. Indy, meanwhile, is trying to climb to .500. With a win today, the Indians would be 31-31 -- a big accomplishment considering they were once 11-23.

Here's today's Buffalo lineup:

Luis Figueroa, ss
Michael Fisher, 3b
Lucas Duda, lf
Fernando Martinez, rf
Valentino Pascucci, 1b
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf
Luis Hernandez, 2b
Raul Chavez, c
Pat Misch, p

---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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