The Durham Bulls Podcast Capitol Broadcasting

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.

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.

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.

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".