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Bulls finally find consistent offense
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls came into their current homestand looking for some consistent offense.
They found it in their series against the Toledo Mud Hens, and added the exclamation point in the finale of the four-game set on Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Bulls run into an ace
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5.15.2008 : 11:45 pm
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DURHAM -- Eddie Bonine has been a human firewall for the Toledo Mud Hens all season long.
And on Thursday night at a wet Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the big right-hander worked his magic against the Bulls.
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Bulls' offense wakes up in a blowout win over Hens
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5.14.2008 : 11:51 pm
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DURHAM -- If the last few games are any indication, the Durham Bulls' offense is back.
And on Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, it got a little ridiculous.
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Cummings joins Bulls, delivers win
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5.14.2008 : 12:23 am
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DURHAM -- Jeremy Cummings had traveled halfway around the world to make his debut for the Durham Bulls on Tuesday night.
And when he got his opportunity, the right-hander made it count.
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DBAP to host USA, Canada
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5.13.2008 : 11:58 pm
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DURHAM -- USA Baseball will host the biggest event it has held in the Triangle when Team USA faces Canada in a four-game series Aug. 1-4.
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Bulls put up big numbers
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5.13.2008 : 12:51 am
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DURHAM -- The offensive explosion finally came. And for the first time in more than two weeks, the Durham Bulls won a game without having to pitch a shutout.
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Hitting still hurting Bulls
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5.11.2008 : 11:31 pm
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls are having plenty of trouble scoring runs, and that problem bit them once again on Sunday night.
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Five pitchers hold down Chiefs offense for victory
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5.10.2008 : 11:48 pm
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DURHAM -- There's one fact that's always true in baseball.
If the other team doesn't score, you win.
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Bulls' lack of runs spells doom
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5.9.2008 : 11:25 pm
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls have had a difficult time producing offense all season.
And running into one of the International League's steadiest pitchers on Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park did nothing to help the situation.
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Wildcats roll to state second round
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5.8.2008 : 12:16 am
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CHAPEL HILL -- Taylor Boone kept up her torrid scoring pace in East Chapel Hill’s state 4-A girls’ soccer playoff game on Wednesday night.
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Bulls roll past Braves in another shutout
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4.30.2008 : 11:00 pm
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DURHAM -- In one of those 11 a.m. "Education Day" games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Bulls gave the kids a lesson on how to play baseball.
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Mason pitches Bulls to a win
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4.29.2008 : 11:01 pm
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DURHAM -- Chris Mason finally got the outing he was looking for.
And with solid defense behind him and enough offense to get the job done, it all added up to a victory for the Durham Bulls.
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Kazmir shines in rehab no-decision
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4.29.2008 : 12:34 am
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DURHAM -- Scott Kazmir was very solid in his rehab start for the Durham Bulls on Monday night.
And the Bulls played well behind him while he was on the mound.
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Knights blow past the Bulls
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4.23.2008 : 11:47 pm
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DURHAM -- The Blue Monster wall that dominates left field at Durham Bulls Athletic Park has seen an awful lot of home runs pass overhead in its 13 seasons.
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With a little luck, Bulls pull one out
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4.22.2008 : 11:44 pm
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls seemed to have a little luck on their side Tuesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Jeremy Owens led the way with two hits including the game-ending single with one out in the 11th inning, lifting the Bulls to a 3-2 victory over the Charlotte Knights in the opener of their five-game series.
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Bulls bounce back
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4.18.2008 : 11:38 pm
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DURHAM -- The clubhouse meeting Durham Bulls manager Charlie Montoyo called after the team's tough loss Thursday night was apparently pretty effective.
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Against Bulls, lights shine on Broadway
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4.17.2008 : 11:36 pm
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DURHAM -- Larry Broadway said he had a little extra incentive when he got to Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Thursday night.
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Another big setback for the Bulls
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4.16.2008 : 8:14 pm
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mpotter@heraldsun.com -- The Durham Bulls are having a hard time finding ways to win right now, and that trend continued on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Clippers put Bulls on ice
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4.15.2008 : 11:56 pm
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DURHAM -- Charlie Montoyo can usually find something to be upbeat about after a loss.
But following Tuesday night's 5-4 loss to the Columbus Clippers at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Bulls manager didn't have many nice things to say about his team.
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Rays extend relationship with Durham by two years
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4.15.2008 : 11:56 pm
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls have had only one parent club since they joined the Triple-A International League in 1998.
So with representatives of both organizations sounding happy about the relationship, it's going to continue for at least another two seasons.
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It was just one of those days
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4.14.2008 : 10:00 pm
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DURHAM -- The good news for Mitch Talbot is that he has seen this movie before.
The Durham Bulls' starter had an outing he'd rather forget on Monday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, giving up eight runs in the second inning en route to a 9-1 loss to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
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Bulls get back at Yankees
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4.14.2008 : 12:23 am
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DURHAM -- The best revenge was a long line of zeros.
After two days of seeing their fellow pitchers getting pounded by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, a trio of Bulls pitchers combined for a two-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Bull Session: Chris Richard
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4.12.2008 : 10:50 pm
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Q: This is your 14th season in pro ball and you've been with a half-dozen organizations. Why did you re-sign with the Rays?
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Sour Start at home for Bulls
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4.12.2008 : 12:38 am
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls lost their most highly touted player before the game even started.
And then the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees used a combination of seeing-eye hits early and the long ball later, spoiling the Bulls' home opener with a 7-3 victory before a standing-room-only crowd on a warm Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Dascenzo: Goodmon's vision was integral to success of stadium
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4.12.2008 : 12:37 am
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It was the spring of 1995, and I'd just arrived back from Seattle where North Carolina's basketball team had been eliminated at the Final Four.
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Niemann pleased to open for Bulls
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4.2.2008 : 10:52 pm
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DURHAM -- Jeff Niemann had hoped to be pitching in the big leagues about now. But since he was sent back to Triple-A, the big right-hander seems pretty happy about his assignment.
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Bats likely to carry Bulls this season
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4.1.2008 : 11:33 pm
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DURHAM -- Charlie Montoyo says the Durham Bulls' strengths are very different right now than they were at this time last season.
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Longoria will start season in Durham
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3.31.2008 : 12:03 am
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DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls will return their most highly touted player from last year's team, and of course manager Charlie Montoyo will be back at the helm when they open their season Thursday night at Toledo.
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Montoyo family fights for son's life
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1.21.2008 : 12:14 am
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DURHAM -- All last summer when new manager Charlie Montoyo was directing the Durham Bulls to their best finish in quite a while, he knew he had something to look forward to in the off-season.
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Montoyo, staff set to return to Bulls
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12.11.2007 : 12:15 am
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DURHAM -- In his first season as manager of the Durham Bulls, Charlie Montoyo led the club to its first winning season in three years, the championship of the International League’s South Division and to within one win of the Governors’ Cup.
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Former Bulls sign with Rays
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11.27.2007 : 11:52 pm
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with infielder/outfielder Chris Richard and outfielder Jon Weber and catcher Hector Gimenez on minor-league contracts with invitations to major-league spring training.
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Final two losses to little to diminish Bulls' season
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9.17.2007 : 10:27 pm
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Just two more victories would have made for an absolutely perfect season for the 2007 Durham Bulls.
Because of one tough day in Richmond on Saturday, the Bulls aren't heading to the Bricktown Showdown in Oklahoma City for a date on national TV. And they won't be getting Governors' Cup championship rings, instead perhaps T-shirts for winning the South Division for first time in four seasons.
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Bulls play through sorrow, drop series to Braves
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9.16.2007 : 12:52 am
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The Durham Bulls clearly weren't in the mood to play baseball on Saturday.
The players woke up in their hotel to the news of the unexpected death of the mother of popular closer Shawn Camp, who had finished every victory in their run through the Governors' Cup Playoffs.
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BULLS DROP GAME FOUR, WILL PLAY GAME FIVE TONIGHT
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9.15.2007 : 5:52 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Richmond Braves stayed alive with a 6-2 win over the Bulls on Saturday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Bulls and Braves play the decisive Game 5 tonight at 7 p.m.
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Doubleheader to decide it today
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9.14.2007 : 11:50 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The rains that blew across the Southeastern United States just weren't going to let up Friday night.
So International League President Randy Mobley had to make the best of a bad situation.
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Bulls within one one win of title
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9.13.2007 : 11:23 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The Durham Bulls are loving pitch limits right about now.
The Richmond Braves, maybe not so much.
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Bulls get best start of the year from Niemann
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9.12.2007 : 11:35 pm
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DURHAM -- Jeff Niemann had one chance to keep his Durham Bulls team from dropping into a desperate hole in the Governors' Cup Finals.
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Braves make first move
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9.12.2007 : 12:34 am
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The Richmond Braves’ pitching staff was very good and a little bit lucky in the opening game of the Governors’ Cup Finals.
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Montoyo has Bulls back in IL championship series
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9.11.2007 : 12:11 am
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DURHAM -- J.P. Howell doesn’t seem to get uptight before he pitches a big baseball game, and he said he doesn’t see any reason to start now.
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Bulls blast into finals
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9.8.2007 : 1:01 am
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TOLEDO, Ohio -- The Durham Bulls got ninth-inning home runs from Jon Weber and Evan Longoria to claim a 5-2 victory over Toledo and sweep their first-round International League playoff series against the Mud Hens.
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Bulls take 2-0 lead
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9.6.2007 : 11:47 pm
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The Durham Bulls' hit parade continued against the Toledo Mud Hens on Thursday night, and now they're within one game of the Governors' Cup Finals.
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BULLS HAVE A BLAST
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9.6.2007 : 12:22 am
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Baseball just doesn't get much crazier than it did on Wednesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Fortunately for the Durham Bulls, they had the last laugh.
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Bulls basking in glory again
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9.4.2007 : 11:56 pm
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Confidence is high.
That's one thing any team needs as it heads into the playoffs trying to win a championship, and the Durham Bulls definitely have it.
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After rough start, Bulls find themselves in IL playoffs
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9.4.2007 : 9:39 pm
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It has been almost a 180-degree turn for the Durham Bulls this season.
The previous two losing seasons, the first in the club's Triple-A history, are gone and even the rocky 2006 campaign seems like a distant memory.
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Bulls make some history on road to playoffs
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9.4.2007 : 12:04 am
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FORT MILL, S.C. -- The final baseball game of the regular season isn’t usually a big deal for teams headed to the playoffs.
But the Durham Bulls made a little history on Monday against the Charlotte Knights.
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Bulls wrap up division title
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9.3.2007 : 12:49 am
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Fort Mill, S.C. -- Jae Seo (9-4) allowed just one unearned run over seven innings, and the Bulls pounded out 12 hits in an 8-1 win over Charlotte.
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Bulls fail to clinch division
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9.1.2007 : 11:44 pm
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Maybe the Durham Bulls just needed to get a rough night out of their systems.
One night after clinching their first playoff berth since 2004, the Bulls played a game to forget in their final home contest of the regular season.
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Bulls playoff bound
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8.31.2007 : 11:25 pm
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It was a long climb for the Durham Bulls this season, but they're finally back in a familiar position.
The Bulls have clinched a spot in the Governors' Cup playoffs for the first time since 2004.
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Bulls session: Chad Orvella
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8.25.2007 : 11:23 pm
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You're approaching 20 saves for the Bulls this season. How well would you say the season has gone for you?
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Bulls, Talbot avenge wrongs, build South Division lead
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8.25.2007 : 12:50 am
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Mitch Talbot picked a perfect time to get his revenge.
The last time he faced the Richmond Braves, Talbot had a nightmare outing of epic proportions.
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Braves battle back and tighten race
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8.23.2007 : 11:11 pm
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DURHAM -- One closer out of N.C. State got the job done on Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and the other one didn't.
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Howell, Bulls extend lead
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8.23.2007 : 12:59 am
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J.P. Howell gave the Durham Bulls a little pad in the pennant race on Wednesday night, and along the way he also made some history.
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