Durham Bulls The Bulls opened the Triple-A season with one of the top minor league prospects in baseball, in Junior Caminero. The perennial championship contenders struggled, however. Caminero missed extended time with an injury, then […]
Major League Baseball reached out to its next generation of players with the 20-round MLB Draft, last week in Texas. As we reported last week, Wake Forest took center stage in the first round, with […]
The MLB All-Star Break will get started with the All-Star Futures Game on Saturday, in Arlington, Texas. The annual contest gives fans a look at tomorrow’s stars, bringing together the top minor league prospects in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The cancellation of this year’s minor league baseball season was a disappointing blow to many young prospects whose advance up the ranks toward a possible major league career has been put on hold for an […]
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 […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — Josh Hamilton, the Raleigh native who was the first overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft and mixed success on the field with troubles off it, has been indicted on […]
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