Photo by Al DragoDurham Bulls infielder Ray Olmedo is congratulated by Leslie Anderson and Stephen Vogt after not hitting his first home run of the season. DBAP/ DURHAM—The Yellow Pages came today, delivered to the front door. Does anyone use the Yellow Pages anymore? Isn’t the internet basically the Yellow Pages—of everything? My copy would […]
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Rochester Red Wings pound Durham Bulls: Karma!
Photo by Al DragoJustin Morneau rounds the bases after hitting a home run at the DBAP on Wednesday, August 10. DBAP/ DURHAM—Nevin Ashley homered to highlight a 3-4 night; surging Russ Canzler added a solo shot; every Bull in the lineup had a hit in the Bulls’ third straight double-digit hit attack against the league’s […]
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Durham Bulls thump Rochester Red Wings: Lights!
Photo by Everett Collection / Rex Features DBAP/ DURHAM—The count was full on Dan Johnson and two runs were in, in the bottom of the fourth inning last night, when the power surged and blinked. After a few seconds, everything came back on except the lights in the standard over right field. The power had […]
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Durham Bulls top Rochester Red Wings: Winning Ugly
“My sin, my soul, my Lolita.” DBAP/ DURHAM—The Durham Bulls did a lot of things poorly last night, but they did them against the Rochester Red Wings, one of the league’s worst teams, and so the Bulls won, 6-5. It was an ugly game to watch, one that should not have been as close as […]
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Matt Moore & Durham Bulls beat Lehigh Valley IronPigs: Habits
DBAP/ DURHAM—For the second straight night, the Durham Bulls built an early lead and rode it to victory, beating the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 6-4. Matt Moore and Russ Canzler were the heavy lifters for the Bulls. Moore threw 6 2/3 innings of five-hit ball, striking out 10 batters, and Canzler went 3-3 with a two-run […]
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Ryne Sandberg’s Lehigh Valley IronPigs beat Durham Bulls: Talk Talk
DBAP/ DURHAM—The Lehigh Valley IronPigs beat the Durham Bulls last night, 5-3, but that was by no means the main event at the ballpark. That would be the presence of Ryne Sandberg, the IronPigs’ first-year manager. There was a press event at 4:30. There were fans lined up behind the visitors’ dugout, 30-deep by 6:00 […]
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Ryne Sandberg’s Lehigh Valley IronPigs beat Durham Bulls: Talk Talk
DBAP/ DURHAM—The Lehigh Valley IronPigs beat the Durham Bulls last night, 5-3, but that was by no means the main event at the ballpark. That would be the presence of Ryne Sandberg, the IronPigs’ first-year manager. There was a press event at 4:30. There were fans lined up behind the visitors’ dugout, 30-deep by 6:00 […]
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Durham Bulls drop Charlotte Knights: Rest and Recovery
Photo by Al DragoReid Brignac drove in the game-winning run for the Bulls on Sunday. DBAP/ DURHAM—The storm clouds approached in the mid-afternoon, just before the non-waiver trade deadline. The sky turned that ominous shade of deep pewter that is somehow both dull and iridescent at once, and promises a tempest. The wind gusted, exposing […]
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Gwinnett Braves shut out Durham Bulls again, regain first place tie: {0 000 000 000 000 000 000}
Save Governor’s School! DBAP/ DURHAM—The Gwinnett Braves shut out the Durham Bulls for the second straight night on Friday. Left-hander Yohan Flande, a swingman who had faced the Bulls five times already this season entering last night’s game—three as a reliever, two as a starter—threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings, his longest outing of the year […]
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Gwinnett Braves shut out Durham Bulls: Fame and Fortugno
Photo by Kailey FarmerMauro Gomez had the game-winning hit for Gwinnett last night. DBAP/ DURHAM—When your team goes 17 2/3 innings without scoring a single run and still gains a split of two games, you go to sleep happy. Gwinnett Braves’ manager Dave Brundage ought to be slumbering deeply after what his team pulled off […]