KINSTON — Stanley Sullivan isn’t just an usher for the Down East Wood Ducks. He’s also the Carolina League team’s unofficial goodwill ambassador. A fixture at historic Grainger Stadium since 2000, the 79-year-old Air Force […]
GREENSBORO — A statue honoring a Baseball Hall of Famer stands proudly outside Greensboro’s First National Bank Field. But the likeness isn’t that of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Johnny Mize or any of the other […]
The Durham Bulls received their championship rings for having the best record in Triple-A last season. In addition to the cluster of diamonds on the face and the names and logos carved into gold on […]
There’s no greater honor for a baseball pitcher than to be named his team’s opening day starter. It’s an assignment that took on even more meaning than usual for the Baltimore Orioles’ Bruce Zimmermann on […]
Opening day of the 2022 Major League Baseball season has been pushed back two weeks because of the labor dispute that delayed the start of spring training. But baseball fans, especially those in North Carolina, […]
JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after […]
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
HOUSTON — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They […]
ATLANTA — Game 3 of the 2021 World Series featured a two-hit shutout and a victory by the Atlanta Braves in front of an emotional home crowd. Hours before the first pitch, I sat in […]
The last time Dusty Baker was in the World Series, his son nearly got run down. Darren Baker, then 3 years old, was helping his dad’s San Francisco team as a very small batboy when […]
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