On April 8, 1949, Grainger High School beat Tarboro High 5-4 in the first baseball game held at Kinston’s Grainger Stadium. Several teams have called the historic building home over the past seven-plus decades, and […]
Baseball season returned to North Carolina with the state’s two Triple-A teams starting play last weekend. The state’s eight Class-A teams take the field this week as some of baseball’s top prospects will get some […]
The Durham Bulls have won championships in many different ways over the last 25 years. Since moving to Triple-A and affiliating with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Bulls have won 16 divisional titles, eight International League titles […]
Read NSJ’s 2022 MiLB Across NC features: Carolina Mudcats • Down East Wood Ducks • Winston-Salem Dash • Kannapolis Cannon Ballers • Greensboro Grasshoppers • Fayetteville Woodpeckers • Charlotte Knights • Durham Bulls • Hickory […]
ASHEVILLE — The scoreboard at McCormick Field can be confusing to the uninitiated. It designates the teams as “Visitors” and “Tourists.” By definition, tourists are almost always visitors. But when it comes to minor league […]
HICKORY — Promotions are an effective tool used by every team in minor league baseball to help draw fans into their stadiums and then keep them entertained once they’re there. The Hickory Crawdads are no […]
DURHAM — Crash Davis and Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh are among the two most famous players in Durham Bulls history. And yet neither of them, as presented in the movie, ever appeared in a game […]
NEW YORK — The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended that Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players. Harry Marino on […]
CHARLOTTE — Nestled into a tight city block in uptown Charlotte and surrounded by a picturesque urban skyline, Truist Field affords fans of the Charlotte Knights some of the most spectacular sightlines in all of […]
DURHAM — Blame it on the rain. After several days of inclement weather — and delays to baseball games — the Durham Bulls’ tarp had finally had enough. The 15,000-square-foot vinyl sheet that protects the […]
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