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To me, he was overpowering at times tonight
The tempo of the game was outstanding -- the way he stayed right on the mound, attacked the hitters, took very little time in between pitches
He had a few strikeouts, but a lot of the outs were weak outs, where (opposing batters) didn't really square it up very good ... Where he jammed guys, where he got guys off the end of the bat. To me, he was overpowering at times tonight.More quotes »
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Chris Young hit 84 MPH, tossed six scoreless
hits. “If he can do the same thing he did today five days from now, he’s pretty close to being ready,” Bisons manager Wally Backman said, according to MiLB.com. The radar gun on MLB Network, which aired the game yesterday afternoon, showed Young topping out 6/1/12 from Metsblog.com Read more »
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Tuiasosopo cleans up
Bisons right fielder Matt Tuiasosopo is wielding a hot bat and manager Wally Backman is rewarding him with a shot at the coveted cleanup slot in the order the last two games. So far, so good. Tuiasosopo had a key RBI double Monday to help break open a 7-1 from Buffalo News Read more »
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Bisons swing away to beat Clippers
Wally Backman's one to follow "the book," then maybe the Buffalo Bisons don't get off easy Monday. If Backman adheres to baseball's ancient dictums then maybe his Bisons don't win at all. Conventional logic would have ordered Matt Tuiasosopo to take a three-ball, from Buffalo News Read more »
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Around the minors 5.20.12
of home with Valentino Pascucci batting. "I basically told Corey, 'If you think you can steal home, go for it,'" manager Wally Backman said. "It was a success due to the position of the third baseman." It is the first time a Bison has stolen home since Chris from ESPN Read more »
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Herd's Quintanilla leads way in win
Bisons manager Wally Backman makes it clear when talking about Omar Quintanilla just how highly he thinks of his shortstop. "Overall, if you had to pick an MVP of the team right now, it'd be Omar," Backman said Wednesday, before the Herd dominated the Gwinnett from Buffalo News Read more »
