Photo by Kailey FarmerMatt. Moore. DBAP/ DURHAM—Matt Moore, promoted to Durham from Class AA Montgomery on July 19, made his second start for the Durham Bulls on Wednesday night. He struck out the first batter he faced, Jose Constanza, on three pitches. The next man up was Tyler Pastornicky, who was also promoted from Class […]
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Gwinnett Braves hammer Durham Bulls: Hesitation, or Working Parts
DBAP/ DURHAM—The Gwinnett Braves smashed the Durham Bulls, 9-3, last night, to pull within one game of the IL South Division lead. It was Durham’s second glum loss in a row, essentially decided early by lackluster starting pitching. One night after Brian Baker put his team in an early hole, leading to a 6-2 loss, […]
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Toledo Mud Hens snap Durham Bulls’ winning streak: Complaints
Photo by Kailey FarmerToledo’s Will Rhymes rounds third in the Mud Hens’ win over Durham last night. DBAP/ DURHAM—I like that word, “complaint,” because if you go beyond its usual meaning—e.g., “Waiter, my steak is (over)(under)cooked”—you find that the complaint is not only the voicing of the problem but the cause of the problem itself: […]
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Durham Bulls win third straight over Toledo Mud Hens: Investment
Photo by Al DragoAndy Sonnanstine allowed one run in seven innings to earn the win for Durham. DBAP/ DURHAM—An apparently digressive yet (I promise) piercingly relevant introduction to the Durham Bulls’ 2-1 win over the Toledo Mud Hens follows, so let me preface that with a piercingly concise summary of the ballgame—a civic duty, perhaps, […]
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Durham Bulls rally to beat Toledo Mud Hens. Jennings rises to majors. Brignac down to Durham. Moore falls on face.
photo courtesy of Durham BullsDesmond Jennings was promoted to the major leagues. DBAP/ DURHAM—Desmond Jennings was supposed to lead off and play center field last night, but an hour before game time he was mysteriously pulled from the Durham Bulls’ lineup for what we were later told were “non-medical” reasons. By then, we media hyenas […]
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Durham Bulls Road Roundup, Vol. 5: Men Up, Men Down—Man Up! (& MAN-UPDATED: Joe Bateman returns!)
Photo courtesy of Montgomery AdvertiserTop Rays pitching prospect Matt Moore makes his Durham debut on Friday. If it seems like the Durham Bulls haven’t played a home game in almost two weeks, that’s because the Bulls haven’t played a home game in almost two weeks. They headed into the All-Star break with two games at […]
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Norfolk Tides 17, Durham Bulls 2: Facing Unpleasant Facts
Photo by Al DragoThe Norfolk Tides’ Nick Green hitting one of his two home runs on Friday night DBAP/ DURHAM—Facing Unpleasant Facts is the title of the volume of George Orwell essays I brought with me to the ballpark last night. For one of my other jobs, I needed to refresh myself on his great […]
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Durham Bulls roll back Norfolk Tides, 5-4: Pick-me-up
photo: Al DragoRuss Canzler rounding the bases after his first-inning home run last night DBAP/ DURHAM—I needed a pick-me-up this afternoon, sportsfans. At 5:00, I was dragging. I went out for coffee but the queue was long and slow and I abandoned the errand, sweating and heavy-limbed in the sticky midsummer heat. I arrived at […]
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Durham Bulls’ late rally sandbags Norfolk Tides: Rain go away
photo: Al DragoBulls outfielder Brandon Guyer went 4-4 with two doubles last night. DBAP/ DURHAM—Apparently, the Durham Bulls were just waiting to find out whether it was going to really rain or not. From the first inning through the seventh-inning stretch, they left seven runners on base and spotted the Norfolk Tides a 5-3 lead. […]
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees edge Durham Bulls in 10 innings: The Process
DBAP/ DURHAM—One-and-oh. Then a big swing and miss. One-and-one. Then a ball. Two-and-one. It’s 4-3, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, bottom of the 10th inning. Brandon Guyer is at the plate. The Bulls have a run in, cutting the deficit from 4-2 to 4-3, on an RBI single by Leslie Anderson, plating J. J. Furmaniak, who drew a one-out […]