Nice to see the Bulls get off to a resoundingly positive start on a crucial seven-game road trip to Syracuse and Norfolk, the two teams trailing them in the International League wild-card race. That isn’t to say that the South Division title is out of reach—the Bulls trail Gwinnett by three games with 16 left […]
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Durham Bulls give one away to Charlotte Knights: the Aristotelian
DBAP/ DURHAM—A long time ago, I studied playwriting. I had a brilliant professor who used to say that the first 20 minutes of a play were “free”: the audience would allow almost anything in those first 20 minutes, as long as whatever you gave them in that extended introduction wound up getting “paid back” to […]
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Durham Bulls thrash Charlotte Knights: there, that’s better
DBAP/ DURHAM—Out here in (oh, just go ahead and call it the) blogosphere, we were getting a little restless after the Bulls got crushed by the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday, 8-1. The team seemed flat and dull, listless and [adjective of your choice]. And when Charlotte scored a run in the top of the first […]
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Charlotte Knights trounce Durham Bulls: no pitching, no offense
DBAP/ DURHAM—“We had no pitching and no offense. It’s that easy.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Durham Bulls’ manager Charlie Montoyo after last night’s 8-1 drubbing at the hands of the last-place Charlotte Knights, before we’d even asked him a question. No argument from me. Andy Sonnanstine had his second […]
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Durham Bulls and Wade Davis dump rehabbing Jake Peavy and Charlotte Knights: the circus comes back to town
DBAP/ DURHAM—I missed more than two innings of last night’s 5-2 Bulls win over Charlotte. I spent half an inning in the visitor’s clubhouse as part of the crowded media contingent interviewing the Knights’ Jake Peavy (pictured) following his four-inning, 67-pitch outing against the Bulls, his second rehab start for the Chicago White Sox, and […]
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It ends how it began: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees pound Durham Bulls (also: Fernando’s back!)
DBAP/ DURHAM—A few days ago, Bulls right fielder Matt Joyce lost a fly ball in the lights, but finally spotted it just in time to make the catch. After the game, he talked about the helpless feeling that overcomes an outfielder when that happens, and he recalled a similar play in the majors last year, […]
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You can’t spell ‘bullpen’ without B-U-L-L: Durham Bulls’ relief staff throttles Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
DBAP/ DURHAM—Bulls’ manager Charlie Montoyo occasionally bemoans how much he’s forced to use his bullpen. It comes with the territory of managing a minor-league team, of course. Every parent club tends to be very, well, parental about its starting pitchers: limiting pitch counts, controlling innings pitched every year, giving extra rest to youngsters, etc. There […]
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Durham Bulls hang on against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: loose ends
DBAP/ DURHAM—This was one of those games that seemed like it was over early. In the third inning, down 1-0 on Juan Miranda’s second homer in as many nights (and hit to nearly the same place), five consecutive Bulls reached base against Scranton’s Kei Igawa before Igawa recorded an out. All five scored. No one […]
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Bulls on the Move: Brignac to Tampa, Hughes to… Baltimore?
The callup of Reid Brignac to Tampa was expected. Rays’ designated hitter Pat Burrell hurt his neck again, which means more time at DH for Jason Bartlett and Ben Zobrist, both of whom play a lot of middle infield. Chances are good that Brignac won’t be back this year, as he was likely to be […]
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees pound Durham Bulls: The heavies
DBAP/ DURHAM—The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees have some big dudes on their team. Shelley Duncan: 6-foot-5, 225 pounds. Chris Stewart: 6-foot-4, 210 (that’s really tall for a catcher). Their starter last night, Ivan Nova: 6-foot-4, 210. They have another starting pitcher who is 6-foot-8, 250, and two relievers who between them are nearly 13 feet tall and […]