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October 4, 2023

Mudcats

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The Big Dumper leads NC’s representation in MLB postseason

October 12, 2022 Shawn Krest

October is famous for crowning new cult heroes during baseball’s postseason, and this year has already found a prime candidate to join them: The Big Dumper. Cal Raleigh’s nickname — which celebrates the Seattle catcher’s […]

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Best of the best: What makes NC’s 10 MiLB teams special

August 3, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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Mudcats provide Triangle baseball fans a laid-back alternative

May 25, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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Minor league baseball teams around North Carolina start season

April 6, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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, […]

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MLB playoff contenders built from NC minor leagues

October 6, 2021 Shawn Krest

The MLB playoffs open this week, and the Durham Bulls and Charlotte Knights will battle for the chance to win the World Series. Not the current editions of the Bulls and Knights, of course, but […]

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Wolfpack products lead MLB All-Stars with NC ties

July 7, 2021 Shawn Krest

NC State’s previous trip to the College World Series — and the last time the Wolfpack were eliminated from college baseball’s championship on the field in Omaha — came in 2013. The Wolfpack were led […]

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Minor leagues return to NC with plenty of top talent

April 28, 2021 Shawn Krest

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 […]

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Baseball’s dirty secret

June 13, 2018 Shawn Krest

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 […]

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