DBAP/DURHAM—I am in the general habit of watching the first few innings of each game at the DBAP from the press box, and then moving down behind the plate to get a closer look at the pitchers and hitters. I did that last night and found myself sitting in front of Norfolk Tides’ pitcher Troy […]
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Durham Bulls beat Norfolk Tides: with a little luck
DBAP/ DURHAM—A bizarre rain shower hit the DBAP yesterday around the sixth inning of the Bulls’ 5-3 win over Norfolk yesterday, their third victory in four games so far in the series between the two top teams in the division. It was bizarre because the sky was mostly sunny; but if you looked off to […]
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Durham Bulls split doubleheader with Norfolk Tides: filling in the blanks
DBAP/ DURHAM—“Technically, it’s not a doubleheader,” someone said in the press box during the first game of what was unquestionably a doubleheader on Saturday. The argument there was that a day-night twinbill is really just two separate games that happen to be played on the same day. In an official minor-league doubleheader, the two games […]
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Durham Bulls down Norfolk Tides in Jeremy Hellickson’s first triple-A start
Jeremy Hellickson, pitching recently for the Montgomery Biscuits DBAP/ DURHAM—First things first: great to be back at the ballpark! When I walked into the DBAP last night, I suddenly felt like I hadn’t been there in months. It had actually been three weeks, but the feeling I had was evidence of the dailiness of the […]
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Durham Bulls lose at Indianapolis: sliding into home
The Bulls finally come home tonight A laggard post about the Bulls’ trip-ending, 10-inning, 4-3 loss last night at Indianapolis. The delay owes at least a little to the fatigue that comes from trying to cover a team that hasn’t played a home game in two weeks: you just lose focus a bit. It would […]
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It’s a good thing the Durham Bulls read this blog, Vol. 3: they beat Indianapolis Indians, snap losing streak
They didn’t exactly round up the Indians, but the Bulls hitters went 3-8 with runners in scoring position and made the most of the opportunities they had in beating Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon, 3-1. If you want to be a buzzkill, you could argue that Chris Richard went 2-3 with RISP and the rest of […]
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Durham Bulls lose again at Indianapolis: more of the same
I didn’t have a chance to listen to the Bulls’ 2-1 loss at Indianapolis last night, so I can only go by the game logs and Neil Solondz’s report; but it seems to me that the Bulls showed some widening of the holes in the fabric of their season to date. It’s hard to know […]
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Durham Bulls Lose to Indianapolis Indians: Depleted
Durham Bulls’ broadcaster Neil Solondz must have used the word “depleted” at least eight times last night to describe the current state of the Durham bullpen. After the team played 29 innings of baseball over the last two nights, there were only three marginally rested relievers available to manager Charlie Montoyo in the first game […]
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Durham Bulls lose at Louisville: kno exkuses, ‘k?
If you were feeling uncharitable, you could pin the Bulls’ 7-6, 13-inning loss at Louisville last night on catcher John Jaso: he struck out four times (the Bulls K’d 17 times overall), the last in the 12th inning against Bats’ infielder Michael Griffin, who had been sent to the mound to pitch in emergency relief. […]
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Durham Bulls edge Louisville Bats in 16 innings: favorite mistake
The Eedge delivered for Durham “This type of game is all about the late mistakes,” Bulls’ broadcaster Neil Solondz noted in the 14th inning of last night’s 3-2 Bulls win at Louisville. Solondz made that comment moments after Ray Sadler was picked off of first base: an S.B.G. of potentially dreadful consequence from which Sadler […]