Durham Bulls

The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team from Durham, North Carolina. They play baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball, against other baseball teams in the International League (a group of 20 baseball teams at the same level). The Bulls are partnered with the Tampa Bay Rays, a Major League Baseball team. When a player shows that he plays well at this level, he may be moved up to play for the Rays.

The team started playing baseball in 1980. Other teams with the same name played in Durham before them. They are called the "Bulls" because a brand of tobacco, called "Bull Durham," was made in the area and used a bull as its mascot.

The Bulls played at a stadium called Durham Athletic Park from 1980 to 1994. In 1995, the Bulls began to play at a new stadium called Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The 1988 film Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon, was about baseball players on the team. Much of the movie was made at their stadium.

References

Other websites

The team's website
The teams' statistics from Baseball-Reference

Category:Baseball teams in the United States
Category:Sports in North Carolina
Category:Tampa Bay Rays