Bulls’ First Homestand Jam-Packed with Promotions
Durham Bulls First Homestand Features Opening Day, Fireworks and More The Durham Bulls kick off their 2017 home schedule on Monday, April 10, when they open a seven-game homestand against the Charlotte Knights and Gwinnett Braves. Opening Day, two fireworks shows, $1 Concessions and a special Easter egg helicopter drop highlight the Opening Week festivities. […]
Durham Bulls’ Opening Day Roster Filled with Top Prospects
Three Top-100 Prospects, Reigning Rays Minor Leaguer of the Year Open Season with Bulls The Durham Bulls, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, have announced their preliminary Opening Day roster. Under the direction of third-year manager Jared Sandberg, the Bulls will open the 2017 season with a plethora of highly-touted players, including three players […]
Boy Scouts Honor Jim Goodmon with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently honored CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon with its NC Good Scout Lifetime Achievement Award. Goodmon received the recognition at the 2017 Friends of Scouting Breakfast, held at the North Raleigh Hilton on Friday, March 3. “It was a reminder of the positive role Boy […]
Durham Bulls Launch Mini Plan Madness
Promotion Offers Fans Chance to Win up to Four Different Prizes With college basketball postseason in full swing, the Durham Bulls have introduced Mini Plan Madness, a unique promotion offering fans the chance to win up to four different prizes. The campaign coincides with the team’s 20th anniversary celebration as the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A […]
Durham Bulls, Duke Baseball to Square Off in ‘Battle in the Bull City’
Two Teams to Play Exhibition Game April 4 at the DBAP The Durham Bulls will take on the Duke Blue Devils in the first-ever exhibition game between the two teams on April 4 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The 6:05 p.m. contest, presented by Groupon, will be the first chance to catch the 2017 Bulls […]
Take a Video Tour of Duke Baseball’s Clubhouse at the DBAP
The DBAP is not only home to the Triple-A Durham Bulls, the Duke University baseball team plays up to 36 exhibition and home games on the Goodmon Field each year. Duke renewed its agreement with the Bulls in 2015. As part of that seven-year extension, the Blue Devils received a new permanent locker room and […]
Longtime Clubhouse Manager Saunders Passes Away
Durham Bulls longtime Clubhouse Manager Colin Saunders passed away late Sunday morning from complications with diabetes. He was 42. Saunders served the same role for the Durham Bulls since 2003, and had been a member of the Tampa Bay organization since 2000, when he was the Clubhouse Manager for the system’s Double-A team in Orlando. […]
Bulls Support Career-Readiness Program for Made in Durham
The Durham Bulls made headlines on the Herald-Sun recently for participating in the career-readiness program to help alternative school students. Made In Durham’s Cyndy Falgout penned the story the Sunday edition of the Herald-Sun on January 15, 2017. The piece also appeared in the Made In Durham e-newsletter the next week. Falgout wrote about a […]
CS’ Habel Takes Reins at Durham Chamber Board Chair
Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel accepted the chairman’s gavel at the annual meeting of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce on February 9, 2017. Actually, he received an engraved baseball bat! Over 800 attended the annual event at the Sheraton Imperial at RTP where the Chamber celebrated its economic development successes of the past […]
Bulls Front Office Teams Up to Renovate Youth League Field
When the Durham Bulls front office staff started looking for additional ways to serve the community while team building together, they ended up finding a way to keep baseball in the mix. The crew found out that the Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League (DBYAL) fields were in need of some TLC. They quickly knew that […]