Sean Kirst: At Bisons finale, ballpark 'legends' say goodbye til next year
By Sean Kirst
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Old friends and regulars at the Bisons home finale, 2018: From left to right, Deirdra Denise-Kelly, Stuart Boeckel and Sean Simms take in the game from Row W, Section 110. It was Boeckel's last game as a longtime regular: Three months later, he had surgery for kidney failure, and it became difficult for him to make it to Sahlen Field.
Harry Scull Jr./News file photo
Stu Boeckel: His passion for the Bisons on display, in his room. (Family photo)
Stuart Boeckel: Legally blind, he follows each Bisons game both on the field and via radio. (Harry Scull Jr./The Buffalo News)
By Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
The Bisons open their season in newly-named Sahlen Field on April 4 (Harry Scull Jr./News file photo)
By Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
The Bisons open their season in newly-named Sahlen Field on April 4 (Harry Scull Jr./News file photo)
By Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News
The Bisons open their season in newly-named Sahlen Field on April 4 (Harry Scull Jr./News file photo)
Even as Pawtucket’s Tzu-Wei Lin stepped up to the plate Monday – the first batter in the final Buffalo Bisons home game of the season – seat 9 in section 110, row W, remained empty.
Old friends and regulars at the Bisons home finale, 2018: From left to right, Deirdra Denise-Kelly, Stuart Boeckel and Sean Simms take in the game from Row W, Section 110. It was Boeckel's last game as a longtime regular: Three months later, he had surgery for kidney failure, and it became difficult for him to make it to Sahlen Field.
