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Buffalo Bisons
The Buffalo Bisons are a minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York which plays in the International League. The Bisons play in Dunn Tire Park stadium, located in downtown Buffalo. The team is the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians Major League club.

History
The team's history dates back to a major league club in 1879. In 1886, the Bisons moved into minor league baseball as members of the original International League. This franchise continued in the IL (known as the Eastern League from 1891-1911) through June 11, 1970, when it transferred to Winnipeg, Manitoba as the Winnipeg/Peninsula Whips, due to poor attendance and stadium woes.

Bisons got its rebirth in 1979, when Buffalo ownership interests purchased the Jersey City franchise of the Class Double-A Eastern League and moved the team to the city.

AAA Ranking
After six seasons in the Eastern League, the Bisons joined the AAA ranks in 1985, joining the American Association when the Wichita Aeros franchise rights were transferred to Buffalo. When the American Association folded after the 1997 season, Buffalo found refuge in the International League, while its former American Association opponents joined the Pacific Coast League.

Eminent Mascots
Buster T. Bison The main mascot of the team famous have traditionally been Buster T. Bison along with his cousin Chip, but as of 2006, a new mascot named Belle the Ballpark Diva has made her appearance, along with flashy reporter Johnny Styles. Buster and Chip wear Bisons jerseys and caps. Buster's number is the last 2 numbers of the season. Chip's number has always been 1/2.

MicroChip
The Bisons have had a number of other mascots in the past. MicroChip, who was smaller and presumably younger than Buster and Chip, wore a Bisons jersey as well. His number was 1/4. Loudmouth was another mascot for the team. She was a mime.

Howie the Ump
The other official mascot of the Bisons was Howie the Ump. He wore a costume much like Buster and Chip, but it was a costume of a human umpire, with an umpire's uniform and mask. He was very short lived, existing only in the 1997 season.

Performance through years

2004 In 2004, the team came back from being 10 games out of first place in late June to winning their division by a convincing 9.5 games. Buffalo won its first-round playoff, against the Durham Bulls, and advanced to the Governors' Cup Finals, in which they had home field advantage over the Richmond Braves.

2005 In 2005, Buffalo won the North Division and played the Indianapolis Indians in the first round, winning the first two games in Indianapolis, but losing all three remaining games. 2006 With many of its players shuffled to Cleveland throughout the final months of the season, the Bisons failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2006. 2007

In 2007, Buffalo failed once again to clinch a playoff spot, marking the first time since Buffalo was parented with Pittsburgh that the Bisons missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons.

Team mates
Rick Lancellotti played only 30 games for Buffalo (he spent most of the year with Portland of the Pacific Coast League), and in this short span hit 10 home runs. Tony Pena's replacement, Junior Ortiz, batted .346, led the league in hitting and was chosen on the all-star squad. Other Buffalo all-stars were Alfredo Torres (.284 and 23 home runs) and Bert Vargas (.271 and 24 home runs). Steve Farr (11-6) and Dave Dravecky (13-7) led the pitchers. Both were ticketed for future major league play.

Highs and Lows
John Lipon, the ex-Tiger infielder who had once managed Cleveland and had a reputation for working well with young players, was the new Bison manager. Lipon saw his reputation tarnished in the first half of the split season. The Bisons finished dead last - 18 & 1/2 games out of first. There was some improvement in the second half, but not enough to cause any excitement.

Attendance dropped alarmingly as dissatisfaction grew over the poor showing of the team and over the quality of the players being supplied by the Pirates. Bright performers were few. For the first time since coming into the league, the Bisons did not lead in attendance. Their draw of 83,464 was 47,000 below 1980.