DBAP/DURHAMThe first thing you should know about this report on yesterday’s game is that it contains literary references. I’m also a book critic, sorry about that. The second thing you need to know is that I had to leave with the score tied after nine innings, and go to my other job (the one where […]
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Bulls on the Move: Michel Hernandez to Tampa
Speculation that journeyman catcher Michel Hernandez would be David Price’s personal backstop this season was dashedat least temporarilyby the news that Tampa backup catcher (and ex-Bull) Shawn Riggans has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis. Hernandez has been called up to take the often-injured Riggans’ place. Just four games into the season, […]
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Bulls Beat Braves; Hernandez Kills ‘Em Softly
DBAP/DURHAM– Bulls pitcher Carlos Hernandez speaks like he pitches: softly. Although I caught one radar reading at a suspicious 92mph last night on the scoreboard, his fastball generally hovered around 86-87mph, and his offspeed stuff closer to 80. He surrendered singles to the first two batters of the game and then loaded the bases with […]
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Notes from the DBAP: The Press Box as Flight Deck
When I was blogging sporadically about the Bulls last year, I sat in the stands even after I got my Media Pass. I like sitting in the stands, not only for the open air but for the proximity to the field. Last night, though, I watched the game from the press box. I intended to […]
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David Price’s First Start of 2009: Durham Bulls’ Finishing School, Lesson One
DBAP/DURHAMInformed that David Price tossed 50 of 74 pitches for strikes tonight, threw first-pitch strikes to 13 of the 17 hitters he faced, and struck out four Norfolk Tides in 3 2/3 innings of the Bulls’ 8-4 win, one would assume that Price’s first start of 2009 was successful. By those measures, it was a […]
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Bulls Rained Out: Special Price Extended to Tomorrow
DURHAM/DBAP–The great and irascible manager Leo Durocher once said: “You don’t save your best pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” I know what you’re thinking, but incredibly Durocher was not a Scorpio. Nor did Leo manage in the age of multimillion-dollar bonuses, inflexible pitch counts and Tommy John Surgery. In 2009, you’re damn skippy […]
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Durham Bulls Media Day: The Grass Is Green, and So Am I
DBAP/ DURHAMYour intrepid Indy Bulls reporter has seen thousands of baseball games, has written about baseball plenty (my Bulls season preview can be found in today’s print edition) and is generally an unflappable sort. So although my metier is generally literature and the arts, it was with a fair amount of nonchalance that I walked […]
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Previewing the Durham Bulls in 2009
⇒ Also this week in Sports: Carolina RailHawks begin league play Saturday When the Tampa Bay Rays won the American League pennant last year and stepped into the World Series spotlightin their specially designed fleece-flapped-for-frigid-Philly capseverything changed for the Durham Bulls. The Rays had patiently drafted superb prospects over the last several seasons, and the […]
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David Price: It’s Official
David Price will be in Durham to start the season. Attention shoppers: Hurry to the DBAP. This special Price demotion will be offered for a very limited time only. The rest of the Bulls’ roster continues to take shape. The Rays also optioned four other players to Durham yesterday: highly regarded shortstop Reid Brignac (who […]
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So You Can Put A Price on Durham (and, Oh, No, Fernando!)
First there was a teasing hint on the Durham Bulls’ Web site. And today the ESPN.com columnist Jayson Stark more or less announced that David Price will start the season in Durham. There’s no official word yet from the Tampa front office, but if they’re letting the nation’s leading sports news outlet bruit this rumor […]