The Cornwall Bisons was a Minor League Baseball club that played in the Class-C Canadian–American League during the 1938 season. The team was based in Cornwall, Ontario , and played its home games at Cornwall Athletic Grounds.
33-604: Cornwall served as farm club of the Buffalo Bisons , a member of the original International League . At the time, a few lower minor league clubs, e.g. , classes A, B, C and D, were affiliated to Double-A and Triple-A teams, the highest level of play in the Minor Leagues. Managed by Steve Yerkes , the Cornwall Bisons finished in second place with a 74-47 record in the eight-team league, and later defeated
66-881: A clear-channel station in Buffalo. Select games are simulcast on WGR in Buffalo and CJCL in Toronto. Games were previously carried by WUFO / WXRL (1983), WEBR (1984), WBEN (1985–1988) and WGR (1989–2008). Live video streams of all Buffalo Bisons games have aired on the MiLB.TV subscription service since 2013, and free via the Bally Live app since 2023. Select games have been televised on WNYO since 2023. Games were previously televised on WNYB (1988–1989, 1996), Empire Sports Network (1991–1995, 1997–2004), Time Warner Cable SportsNet (2007–2016), Spectrum Sports (2017) and WNLO (2019–2022). Pat Malacaro has served as
99-619: A Minor League Baseball record. The Cleveland Indians replaced the Pittsburgh Pirates as Major League Baseball affiliate of the Buffalo Bisons prior to the 1995 season. The team won division titles in 1996 and 1997, and won the final American Association championship in 1997. Bartolo Colón threw the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 20, 1997 against the New Orleans Zephyrs . In wake of
132-955: A new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The basic agreement allowed the National League to expand by two members to match the American League, which had done so in 1977. Details of expansion were finalized in the 1990 CBA. Ten cities were considered serious candidates for the two spots: Buffalo , Charlotte , Denver , Miami , Nashville , Orlando , Phoenix , Sacramento , Tampa Bay , and Washington . The Florida Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg and Pilot Field in Buffalo were built specifically to lure an existing or expansion MLB franchise. The National League expansion committee consisted of Pittsburgh Pirates Chairman Doug Danfort, New York Mets president Fred Wilpon and Houston Astros owner John McMullen . On December 18, 1990,
165-543: A new baseball stadium. Also, an advisory committee was formed in 1990 by then-Governor of Colorado Roy Romer to recruit an ownership group. The group selected was led by John Antonucci, an Ohio beverage distributor, and Michael I. Monus , the head of the Phar-Mor drugstore chain. Local and regional companies—such as Erie Lake, Hensel Phelps Construction, KOA Radio , and the Rocky Mountain News —rounded out
198-669: A very spirited campaign bolstered by its family-oriented tourism industry. Tampa Bay already had a baseball park — the Florida Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg , completed in 1990. On June 10, 1990, Huizenga was awarded an expansion franchise in the National League (NL) for a $ 95 million expansion fee and the team began operations in 1993 as the Florida Marlins . The Miami group chose to call themselves
231-542: Is a beer vendor who has performed for the Buffalo Bisons as " Conehead " since 1979. The Buffalo Bisons honored him at a July 2018 game, with a beer launched in his likeness called Conehead IPA by Resurgence Brewing Company. Girot has also performed for the Rochester Red Wings at Frontier Field and the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field . Buster T. Bison has been the official mascot of
264-487: Is the current play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates . Weber, McGuire and Rosenhaus were inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame for their broadcast work. Donald Palmer was an acrobatic batboy who performed for the Buffalo Bisons as "The Butcher" from 1979 to 1988. Earl Howze, Jr. was a beer vendor who performed for the Buffalo Bisons as "The Earl of Bud " from 1979 to 1997. He
297-478: The 1879–1885 Buffalo Bisons major league franchise. The team established the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 to honor former players, managers and contributors to baseball in Buffalo. The team holds the all-time record for single-season attendance in Minor League Baseball, selling 1,240,951 tickets in 1991 while being considered for 1993 Major League Baseball expansion . Forbes valued
330-702: The Amsterdam Rugmakers , two to one games, in the final round of the playoffs. In 1939, the team became an affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs , also a member of the International League, and was renamed as the Cornwall Maple Leafs . This time, Cornwall ended in fourth place with a 62-56 record and lost the first round of the playoffs. Yerkes repeated as their manager, but was replaced by Emil Graff during
363-587: The Baltimore Orioles , after serving 6 years as play-by-play announcer of the Toronto Blue Jays . Duke McGuire has served as the team's color commentator since 1996, and previously worked as the team's in-stadium public address announcer from 1979 to 1995. John Murphy served as color commentator from 1985 to 1988, and is the current play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bills . Greg Brown served as color commentator from 1989 to 1993, and
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#1732793773380396-614: The International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays . Located in Buffalo, New York , the team plays their home games at Sahlen Field , the highest-capacity Triple-A ballpark in the United States. The current Bisons organization was founded in 1979 and assumed the history of previous franchises that also used the Buffalo Bisons name, most notably the 1886–1970 Buffalo Bisons minor league franchise, and
429-641: The Pittsburgh drug trials in 1985), by the late 1980s a team seemed to be a possibility in Denver. Eugene Orza, associate general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association , stated that he expected Denver would receive one of the expansion franchises. The Colorado Baseball Commission, led by banking executive Larry Varnell, was successful in getting Denver voters to approve a 0.1% sales tax to help finance
462-701: The "Florida" Marlins to broaden their fanbase to the entire state, while reviving the nickname "Marlins" from previous minor league teams, the Miami Marlins of the International League from 1956 to 1960, and the Miami Marlins (1962–1970) and Miami Marlins (1982–1988) teams that played in the Florida State League . In June 1991, the expansion committee accepted the bids of the Miami and Denver groups to debut in 1993. Expansion
495-559: The $ 42.4 million Pilot Field (now Sahlen Field) in downtown Buffalo in the 1988 season. In their first year at the venue after moving from War Memorial Stadium, the Bisons broke the all-time record for Minor League Baseball attendance by drawing 1,186,651 fans during the 1988 season. The team won two division titles and set subsequent attendance records on the heels of their unsuccessful 1993 Major League Baseball expansion bid. The team's 1991 single-season attendance of 1,240,951 remains
528-603: The 1990s. 1993 Major League Baseball expansion The 1993 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in Major League Baseball (MLB) adding two expansion teams to the National League (NL) for the 1993 season : the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins (now known as the Miami Marlins ). Talks of expansion began on August 8, 1985, when the players and the owners agreed to
561-684: The American Association disbanding following the 1997 season, the Bisons joined the International League in 1998. The team won the division and league championship in their first season, but lost the Triple-A World Series . The addition of regional rivalries allowed for the creation of the Thruway Cup , an annual competition between the Buffalo Bisons, Rochester Red Wings and Syracuse SkyChiefs . The Bisons went on to win division titles in 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, and
594-544: The American League and balance the vote, Vincent decreed that the AL owners were entitled to 22% of the $ 190 million take. This decision marked the first time in expansion history that leagues were required to share expansion revenue or provide players for another league's expansion draft. Vincent said the owners expanded to raise money to pay their collusion debt. The Tampa Bay Baseball Group sued MLB for allegedly reneging on an agreement to grant an expansion team to Tampa. The suit
627-563: The Bisons scored 27 runs on 29 hits against the Syracuse Chiefs on April 18, 2013, setting records for the most runs and hits in an International League game since 1973. The Blue Jays used Sahlen Field as their home field in 2020 after the Bisons season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , investing $ 5 million in upgrading the venue. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball and
660-538: The Buffalo Bisons at $ 34 million in 2016, making it the 15th-most valuable Minor League Baseball franchise. Mayor James D. Griffin and an investment group purchased the Jersey City A's of the Double-A class Eastern League for $ 55,000 in 1978, and the team began play as the Buffalo Bisons at War Memorial Stadium in 1979. This new franchise assumed the history of prior Buffalo Bisons teams that had played in
693-509: The Buffalo Bisons since 1983. He was later joined by his cousin Chip in 1994, and his future wife Belle in 2006. Tracey B. Wilson was an actress who performed for the Buffalo Bisons as the mime "Loud Mouth" from 1993 to 1999. Buffalo Bisons games since 2011 have featured the Wing , Cheese & Carrot (WCC) mascot race between costumed representations of various local foods just prior to
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#1732793773380726-782: The Buffalo Bisons. With the reinstatement of the historical league names in 2022, the Bisons were returned to the International League . Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches [REDACTED] 7-day injured list * On Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated November 20, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • International League → Toronto Blue Jays minor league players Bisons Baseball Network produces all radio broadcasts of Buffalo Bisons games. Their flagship station since 2009 has been WWKB ,
759-647: The NFL's Miami Dolphins and 50 percent of the Dolphins' home, Joe Robbie Stadium , for an estimated $ 30 million. Huizenga stated his intention to aggressively pursue an expansion franchise. MLB had announced a few months earlier that it intended to add two new teams to the National League. It was a foregone conclusion that one of them would be placed in Florida; the only question was whether Huizenga would beat out competing groups from Orlando and Tampa Bay . Orlando fielded
792-480: The city from 1877 to 1970. Robert E. Rich Jr. purchased the Bisons for $ 100,000 in 1983, and upgraded the team to the Triple-A class American Association in 1985 after buying out the Wichita Aeros for $ 1 million. Rich Jr. grew the team's popularity and was known for his innovative promotional tie-ins, most notably an annual series of post-game concerts by The Beach Boys . The Buffalo Bisons moved to
825-597: The closure of the International League , the Bisons joined the newly formed Triple-A East in 2021. Due to renovations at Sahlen Field as well as use of the stadium by the Blue Jays, the Bisons began their 2021 season at Trenton Thunder Ballpark in Trenton, New Jersey . At their home games, they wore the uniforms of the Trenton Thunder and were referred to as such, while on the road they were still known as
858-446: The committee eliminated Charlotte, Nashville, Phoenix and Sacramento from consideration to cut the list down to six finalists. With three sites from Florida remaining in contention it became apparent that one would win out while the other spot would go to a non-Florida team. After previous failed attempts to bring Major League Baseball to the state of Colorado (most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates nearly relocating to Denver following
891-748: The group. The Denver group chose to call their franchise the Colorado Rockies , the same name used as the National Hockey League franchise that played in Denver from 1976 to 1982. U.S. Senator Connie Mack III from Florida , the grandson of baseball great Connie Mack and a member of the Senate Task Force on Major League Baseball, pushed Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent to expand to Florida. On March 7, 1990, Wayne Huizenga , CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation , announced he had purchased 15 percent of
924-546: The league championship at home in 2004. The New York Mets replaced the Cleveland Indians as Major League Baseball affiliate of the Buffalo Bisons prior to the 2009 season. This era was plagued with poor on-field performance and low attendance. The Toronto Blue Jays replaced the New York Mets as Major League Baseball affiliate of the Buffalo Bisons prior to the 2013 season. To kick off this era,
957-503: The midseason. Players included outfielders Frank Colman and Whitey Platt , as well as pitchers Dick Fowler and Phil Marchildon . This article about a baseball team in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buffalo Bisons#Previous Buffalo Bisons teams The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd ) are a Minor League Baseball team of
990-513: The sixth-inning. "Stampede" has been the official fight song of the Buffalo Bisons since their inaugural season at Sahlen Field in 1988. Tina Turner 's recording of " The Best " is played after every Buffalo Bisons home victory at Sahlen Field. A parody of the Gary Glitter song " Rock and Roll Part 2 " featuring lyrics referencing Irv Weinstein was played at Sahlen Field during the seventh-inning stretch of Buffalo Bisons games in
1023-576: The team's play-by-play announcer since 2018. Pete Weber served as play-by-play announcer from 1983 to 1995, and is the current play-by-play announcer for the Nashville Predators . Jim Rosenhaus served as play-by-play announcer from 1996 to 2006, and is the current play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians . Ben Wagner served as play-by-play announcer from 2007 to 2017, and is the current play-by-play announcer for
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1056-573: Was approved unanimously by all teams in July 1991. An expansion draft to stock both franchises was set for November 1992. Though previous expansions allowed the drafting of players from the same league only, Vincent declared that the American League would receive $ 42 million of the National League 's $ 190 million in expansion revenue so that the AL would provide players in the National League expansion draft. In an attempt to win support in
1089-471: Was known for dancing to the song " Tequila " atop the venue's dugouts , with a routine similar to the one made famous by Paul Reubens in the 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure . The Buffalo Bisons honored him at an August 2012 game, with every fan in attendance receiving a bobblehead of his likeness. Howze, Jr. also performed for the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium . Tom Girot
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