Bisons Top 25 Part II: Heat turned up in the booth?

August 23, 2012 - 12:34 PM

Part two of our Bisons Top 25 lists is in today's sports section, listing 25 bizarre moments at Coca-Cola Field. One of them is the night in 1991 when legendary Indianapolis radio voice Howard Kellman, who has been coming to Buffalo since 1985, was startled on the air by the work of Buster Bison and Herd voice Pete Weber and thought he had a bit of a fire in his booth.

Weber, who has voluminious audio archives, passed this one along this morning to me with the commentary from Kellman on that night.

Howard Kellman

Elsewhere in Bisonland:

Reigning IL Pitcher of the Week Collin McHugh, who threw seven shutout innings Saturday in Fenway Park, makes his major-league debut this afternoon at 1:10 for the Mets against Colorado in Citi FIeld.

What happened this year to Triple-A Home Run Derby hero Valentino Pascucci? Amy Moritz has the answer in today's Bisons report, which includes last night's 2-1, 12-inning loss to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre that ended late enough to not make some of today's print editions.

---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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