Record #:

1910

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The old Durham Athletic Park (DAP), home of the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team, closed in 1994 when the team opened its new park. Burtman reminisces about attending ball games at DAP and his three years operating the mechanical bull.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 37, Sept 1994, p18-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Anecdotes; Baseball fields--Durham; Durham Athletic Park; Durham Bulls (Baseball team)

Record #:

28142

Author(s):

Currin, Grayson Haver

Abstract:

Hall of Fame baseball player Joe Morgan is interviewed about time playing for the Durham Bulls. Morgan describes life in Durham in 1963, the team’s coaches, and his thoughts on the film Bull Durham. Morgan also discusses how race played a role as a member of a baseball team in the 1960s. Morgan discusses segregation in Durham and compares being an African-American baseball player playing in Durham to one playing in San Antonio.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 31, July 2008, p19 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Anecdotes; Baseball--History; Baseball players--Durham; Durham Bulls (Baseball team)

Record #:

28421

Author(s):

Walsh, Wendy

Abstract:

The cultural and family importance of baseball is explored in this personal essay. The author describes the impact baseball had on her, her mother, and her family growing up in Greenville, NC. She discusses the atmosphere of the games and how the sport taught her values. Stories from time spent at around the Elm Street Stadium in Greenville, NC are detailed.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 16, April 1994, p8-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Greenville; Baseball--Anecdotes; Culture--North Carolina

Record #:

34289

Author(s):

Cash, Wiley

Abstract:

In this article, the author reflects on baseball games at Sims Legion Park in Gastonia, North Carolina. Built in 1950 and renovated in 1977, Sims stadium has been home to many major-league baseball players and minor-league baseball teams. For the past seventeen years, Sims has hosted the Gastonia Grizzlies, a collegiate Coastal Plain League team.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 12 Issue 3, June/July 2018, p147-148, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Anecdotes; Baseball--North Carolina; Baseball players--Gastonia; Baseball teams