The title story of Going Away Shoes, the new collection by Lumberton-born Jill McCorkle, who teaches creative writing at N.C. State, gives something close to a vicarious statement of its author’s literary purpose. The story’s protagonist, Debby, once wrote for the local newspaper, “covering social events and activities in town”: She was thorough without being […]
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Durham Bulls vs. Louisville Bats Playoff Preview
Triple-A baseball teams are subject to a variation on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, the one you may have run across in the movie The Man Who Wasn’t There or in the play Copenhagen. Basically, it says that you can’t determine both the velocity and position of a particle at the same time. It’s possible that […]
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Durham Bulls fall to Norfolk Tides, finish record-tying season; playoffs ahead; Chris Richard called up to big leagues
DBAP/ DURHAM—I thought it was cute that second baseman Henry Mateo was penciled in at first base in this afternoon’s season finale, a 4-3, 10-inning loss to Norfolk. Mateo had played there once before, on August 23, although he moved back to his natural position at second base when rehabbing Akinori Iwamura left the game […]
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Durham Bulls edge Norfolk Tides, coast toward regular-season finish line
DBAP/ DURHAM—There’s a tacit understanding among ballplayers regarding season-ending series. If the postseason is all settled, the deal is this: the pitchers throw strikes, the hitters swing at them; you avoid long at-bats; you avoid injuries, too, by staying out of collisions on the basepaths; you try to decide games quickly and painlessly—and with a […]
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Durham Bulls down Norfolk Tides, win third straight division title
DBAP/ DURHAM—Shortly before game time last night, a debate broke out in the press box about the Bulls’ “magic number” for clinching the International League South Division title. The Bulls were two games ahead of Gwinnett going into the game, so it seemed initially that, with three games to play, it would take any combination […]
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Jeremy Hellickson, Durham Bulls sweep Charlotte Knights, now one win from division title
In his last 15 innings, Jeremy Hellickson has allowed four hits and zero runs, with 21 strikeouts and two walks. In his last outing, a 4-0 win over Gwinnett at the DBAP, he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. In the first inning of last night’s 4-1 victory, he allowed a two-out double to […]
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Durham Bulls clobber Charlotte Knights, clinch playoff spot: Desmond Jennings goes 7-7!
It has happened twice in the history of major-league baseball. Rennie Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates did it in 1975—with someone else’s bat, no less—and Wilbert Robinson did it, too, way back in 1892, when balls were made out of the hides of woolly mammoths and bats from the tusks. Seven hits in a nine-inning […]
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Durham Bulls blank Charlotte Knights, retake division lead
And just like that, right after a pair of ugly losses at home to their division rivals, the Bulls got healthy last night against the desperately depleted Charlotte Knights, 9-0. I didn’t recognize any of the last four names in the Knights’ lineup; they were all callups and patches on a roster that has been […]
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Veteran Durham Bulls pitcher Jason Childers finally gets his break
This story about Durham Bulls’ relief pitcher Jason Childers hasn’t gone according to script. In his two appearances following our interview, Childers blew a pair of eighth-inning leads, the latest failures in a season-sabotaging three-week slump. So why write about him? Childers has no dramatic hardship story to tell, no weird pitches or hobbies or […]
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Durham Bulls lose to Gwinnett Braves, split series: together now, very minor
DBAP/ DURHAM—First things first: the “mystery” fifth Bull promoted to Tampa was none other than last night’s starter, Wade Davis, Charlie Montoyo said after the Durham Bulls’ 10-2 loss to Gwinnett. You can finally get some sleep! You can also rest assured that Davis’s promotion had nothing to do with his performance last night, probably […]