The Durham Bulls Podcast

The Durham Bulls Podcast

The official podcast of the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Episodes

November 11, 2024 70 mins

Durham Bulls home clubhouse manager Pat Phelan joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to provide a look into his unique job.  Phelan talks about his career arc from a Bulls bat boy to the clubhouse, his special friendships and championship memories.

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In the first episode of the 2024 off-season, Durham Bulls outfielder Nick Schnell joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk fatherhood, growing up in the midwest and his journey as a first-round high school pick of the Rays to Triple-A.

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August 28, 2024 44 mins

Durham Bulls catcher Logan Driscoll joins THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his journey to the Bull City.  Durham is now Driscoll's new home with his wife Isabel, who is a resident at Duke Medical.

Hear about Driscoll's baseball arc, how he and Isabel met at the age of 9, and off-the-field enjoyment of fishing.  Logan recounts a story about an argument he got into on the field in college -...

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17-year DBAP scoreboard operator Chris Ivy joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast.  He takes us through the journey of landing one of the coolest jobs at the DBAP, what it's like behind the Blue Monster and tracking the game every run, hit and error at a time.

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August 12, 2024 51 mins

Cole and Beau Sulser join Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about their inidividual and collective journeys to major league baseball.  Cole and Beau are one of 450 sets of brothers to reach MLB.
Cole is in his third stint pitching for the Durham Bulls (2019, 2023, 2024).  

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Former Durham Bulls outfielder and major league superstar Andruw Jones joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his storied career.

Jones tells the story of his signing out of Curacao, his relationship with Willie Mays, his major league call-up as a 19yo, the motivation behind not being invited to major league camp in 1996 after he was named Minor League Player of the Year, and his r...

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Durham Bulls pitcher Joe Record joins THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his journey to the Bull City.  Record talks about his time leading UCSB to the 2016 College World Series, the breakout high school game that put him on the map and his diagnosis last summer as a Type 1 diabetic.  Hear about the games he'd play with his older brother as a kid that wouldn't end when the sun went down.  Ins...

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CJ Hinojosa joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to discuss his baseabll journey from the University of Texas to the Bulls.  Hinojosa talks about his special relationship with Augie Garrido, one of college baseball's all-time legendary head coaches, family and much more.

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Durham Bulls catcher Rob Brantly joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to discuss his baseball journey.  Brantly details his career from his childhood to college to fulfilling his lifelong dream of playing major league baseball.

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Jatovi McDuffie, the 19-year on-field announcer for the Durham Bulls, joins the podcast to talk about his loves of the job, how he got the job, his passion for people and gaming, and his endeavor to better the Durham community through his on-field and off-field ventures.

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Scott Pose joins the podcast to talk about his baseball journey from an 88 pound high school freshman to becoming an outfielder for the New York Yankees. Pose talks about all of his stops in between, and learning that he would be the first batter in Florida Marlins history during their expansion year of 1993.  Pose talks about his manager Joe Torre, his close friendship with Hall of Fame pitcher Trevor Hof...

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Durham Bulls outfieler Tristan Peters talks about growing up in Winkler, Manitoba, playing for two iconic baseball franchises - the Durham Bulls and Savannah Bananas, meeting his wife at a country dance club and his unlikely baseball journey.

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The longest-tenured public address announcer for the Durham Bulls - Tony Riggsbee - takes us through a 50-plus year career in radio, including his 19 years as doing PA at the DBAP.  Hear Tony's seminal moments in his broadcasting career, delivering news of 9/11 and the space shuttle Challenger explosion to the people of the Triangle.

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Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson, a coach on the 2018 Governors Cup championship Durham Bulls team joins Bulls broadcaster to talk about his one season coaching in Durham, his voyage to major league baseball, and his special relationship with his father, Larry.  Johnson manages his hometown team and even lives in his childhood house with his dad.

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Cole Figueroa, who spent the 2012-14 seasons with the Durham Bulls, and now Tampa Bay's Director of Baseball Operations, joins Bulls broadcaster Patrick Kinas.

Figueroa talks about his job, career arc, first major league call-up and his first project in the front office of the Rays, developing a method to hit Yankees' ace reliever Dellin Betances.  Hear how that worked out this week on THE Durham Bulls Pod...

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Durham Bulls pitcher Justin Sterner recounts the profound impact his two-year mission to American Samoa had on his life, becoming an Eagle Scout, his BYU family tree and his journey to professional baseball.

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The story of "The Rookie" Jim Morris is well known.  Morris' life story & baseball journey turned into a Disney movie.  Retired from a first pro baseball journey, teaching high school science while coaching high school baseball. Then a promise between Morris and his players led to a second chance at baseball, and a tryout at the age of 35.  Three months later, Morris stepped on a major league...

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This week, New York Yankees' Triple-A manager Shelley Duncan joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his professional baseball career, his major league baseball family, his relationship with Bulls Hall of Fame manager Charlie Montoyo and his 2013 Governors Cup title season with Durham.

Duncan also discusses at length the impact of his mom and brother, who both lost battles to glioblastoma ...

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This week, Durham Bulls outfielder Jake Mangum joins the show alongside his dad John, who played nine seasons as a defensive back for the Chicago Bears. Hear the journey of Jake on his way to Durham, from his record-setting time at Mississippi State to his treks to the College World Series. The Mangums talk about the parallels in their sport, stories from Jake's childhood and memories of their special bond.

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Author and professor emeritus at Duke University Harris Cooper joins THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his book "Finding America In A Minor League Ballpark" depicting his season as a seating bowl host at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Cooper talks about his psychology career, his love of baseball, the personal stories he uncovered during his season with the Durham Bulls.  Cooper recounts stories of his y...

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