The Durham Bulls Podcast Capitol Broadcasting

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 Podcast.

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.

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 field for the first time in his life and a legend was born.

This extended podcast with Bulls broadcaster Patrick Kinas is the first, fully comprehensive chat with Jim Morris, who tells the tale of his journey, revealing details that had scarcely been known.

Enjoy listening to Jim's re-telling of his story about "The Rookie".

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 brain cancer, treated at nearby Duke Medical and his profound relationships with both of them, along with the memories he carries forward to this day.  

In Duncan's return to Durham this week with the RailRiders playing at the DBAP, Duncan organized a staff participation fundraiser on Duke Medica's Angel Walk 5K, which was organized to help raise funds to research and treat the very cancer that took Duncan's brother and mother.

This is a "Don't Miss" episode.

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.

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 youth, his love of baseball and the briging his experiences together for the book.