DURHAM — Durham Bulls pitcher Joe Ryan picked up a new nickname from teammate Brent Honeywell Jr.: Captain America. That’s because Ryan, who is 3-3 with a 4.11 ERA in his first year with the […]
DURHAM — Baseball is different from most sports because it’s every day. It’s a game of routine, where keeping an even keel is essential. All summer, no matter how well or poorly a player does […]
How good is Wander Franco? Fans in Durham are talking about him as if he’s already gone. “That’s where the grand slam landed.” “Remember his four-hit night? The impossible plays in the field? The car? […]
FAYETTEVILLE — A cheer went up when the gates to Segra Stadium opened about an hour before the Fayetteville Woodpeckers took on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers in their first home game in more than a […]
For the first time in 20 months, Minor League Baseball teams across the nation — including North Carolina — will take the field next week. While the pandemic won’t keep teams off the field this […]
After a year of uncertainty, minor league baseball appears poised to return to the field — although things may look different in many cities around the country, including several in the state of North Carolina. […]
After an unpredictable 2020, the NSJ sports staff is still going to take a swing at what will happen in 2021. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff writers Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest try and […]
Segra Stadium in Fayetteville is the home of a minor league baseball team known as the Woodpeckers. This weekend, a different flock of birdies will be flying around the grounds of the two-year-old ballpark. “The […]
BURLINGTON — For Burlington, a piece of baseball’s big time came with having something relatively small on the professional baseball scale. Still, as one of about 160 communities with a pro team, it provided a […]
NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing […]
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