FAYETTEVILLE — On March 7, 1914, a raw rookie by the name of George Herman Ruth hit his first professional home run in Fayetteville while playing in a spring exhibition game for the then-minor league Baltimore […]
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers have a slogan painted in large letters for all to see as they enter Gate 1 at Atrium Health Ballpark. “Have a blast!” it says. It’s a play on […]
WINSTON-SALEM — The best seats in the house for a Winston-Salem Dash game at Truist Stadium aren’t actually seats. They’re on a grassy berm just beyond the outfield wall. At least, that’s the opinion of […]
ZEBULON — Unless you’re hoping for Shoeless Joe Jackson and a team of ghost players to appear out of nowhere, there aren’t many good reasons for building a baseball stadium in the middle of a […]
As Douglas Locascio looked out at a pristine green field under a bright Carolina blue sky last Thursday, his team’s scheduled opening day, the general manager of the Hickory Crawdads couldn’t help but think that […]
RALEIGH — Joe West didn’t set out to be a Major League Baseball umpire. He was actually a football player at Elon working some local high school games for a little extra cash during the […]
In a small trailer beyond the right-field wall at Zebulon’s Five County Stadium, close enough that batting practice home runs clang off the metal roof, the two umpires for the night’s Carolina Mudcats game sit […]
BUIES CREEK — Everyone knows that in baseball, three strikes means you’re out. But Tanner Duncan isn’t one to take no for an answer. So instead of giving up on his dream of playing professionally, […]
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